Rhys Williams - voice, guitar
Mark Ferguson - bass, voice
Leila Macfie - keyboards, voice
Spencer Cullum - pedal steel
Nikolaj Bjerre - drums
Influences
TS Eliot, Toni Morrison, Cathal Coughlan, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Neil Finn, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, The Beatles, Julian Cope, Simon and Garfunkel, Morrissey, The Smiths, Super Furry Animals, The Pixies, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Whiskeytown, Chuck Prophet, Aimee Mann, Iron and Wine, The La's, Teenage Fanclub, Wilco, Kate Bush, Diego Brown and the Good Fairy
Rhys Williams is a Welsh singer/songwriter based in London. His debut album 'The Fire Stairs' was released on December 11th 2007 in a limited edition numbered run on Vinegar Alley Records and then worldwide in summer 2008 through iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and other less famous digital retailers.
He's currently writing and demoing material for his second album, to be released in 2009.
Five songs are previewed here. 'Sugar Pill' is about someone who dreams he's still in a relationship that's ended but then wakes to find himself alone; 'The Forgotten' is about revenge and retrieved memory; 'Comfort', which opens The Fire Stairs, asks how far you'd have to sink before you considered taking your own life; In 'Straw', a closed community discovers an abuser in its midst and decides to take justice into its own hands; 'The Ivy Leaf' is just an old fashioned song of love and loss. In the great British tradition, bleakness is offset by beauty in the shape of some insanely memorable melodies.
Rhys is the third most famous flautist in popular music history, thanks to his one minute contribution to Morrissey's multi-squillion selling You Are The Quarry album in 2004 and subsequent cameo at Morrissey's triumphant Manchester comeback the same year. His playing has been variously described as 'delightful' by Q Magazine, 'striking' by Radio 4's Front Row and 'horrific' by the NME. It has also prompted at least one internet death threat.
Buy The Fire Stairs at http://www.rhyswilliams.net or from all major online retailers.
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heya thanx very much for the add...great to meet u last night, loved your songs with Sian, wicked harmonies and brilliant playing i think...really enjoyed the jam as well...:) Playing quite a lot in london so be great to see you at a gig and love to be on the same bill as you at another 15 minute club.. have a great xmas luke xx
Hi Rhys, How cool to hear from you. It was great to hear tracks like 'Straw' & 'Lie of the land' and hear how they've evolved - like the sound. So when/where are you giging? Tash x
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