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Artist......: Marlon Williams
Album.......: Make Way For Love
Label.......: Dead Oceans
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: DOC137
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2018-03-03
Str.date....: 2018-02-16
Quality.....: 737 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.marlonwilliams.co.nz
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1. Come To Me 3:15
2. What's Chasing You 2:41
3. Beautiful Dress 3:31
4. Party Boy 2:33
5. Can I Call You 3:48
6. Love Is A Terrible Thing 3:12
7. I Know A Jeweller 2:36
8. I Didn't Make A Plan 4:01
9. The Fire Of Love 4:31
10. Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore 4:59
11. Make Way For Love 3:56
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,: New ZealandÆs Marlon Williams has quite simply got one of the :,
: most extraordinary, effortlessly distinctive voices of his :
:' generationùa fact well known to fans of his first, self-titled ':
,: solo album, and his captivating live shows. An otherworldly :,
: instrument with an affecting vibrato, itÆs a voice thatÆs earned :
:' repeated comparisons to the great Roy Orbison, and even briefly ':
,: had Williams, in his youth, consider a career in classical :,
: singing, before realizing his temperament was more Stratocaster :
:' than Stradivarius. ':
,: :,
: But itÆs the art of songwriting that has bedeviled the artist, :
:' and into which he has grown exponentially on his second album, ':
,: Make Way For Love, out in February of 2018. ItÆs Marlon Williams :,
: like youÆve never heard him beforeùexploring new musical terrain :
:' and revealing himself in an unprecedented way, in the wake of a ':
,: fractured relationship. :,
: :
:' Like any good New Zealander, Williams doesnÆt boast or ':
,: sugarcoat: songwriting is still not his favorite endeavor. ôI :,
: mean, I find it ecstatic to finish a song,ö he explains. ôTo :
:' have done one doesnÆt feel like an accomplishment as much as a ':
,: relief and maybe a curiosity, you know? To have come through to :,
: the other side and have something. But it certainly always feels :
:' messy.ö In the past, his default approach to was storytelling. ':
,: On 2015Æs Marlon Williams, the musician took a cue from :,
: traditional folk and bluegrass, and wove dark, character-driven :
:' tales: ôHello Miss Lonesomeö, ôStrange Thingsö and ôDark ':
,: Childö. But when it came to sharing his own life in song, he was :,
: more reticent. ôIÆve always had this sort of hang up about :
:' putting too much of myself into my music,ö he admits. ôAll of ':
,: the projects IÆve ever been in, there was a conscientious effort :,
: to try and have this barrier between myself and the emotional :
:' crux of the music. IÆve loved writing characters into my songs, ':
,: or at least pretending that it wasnÆt me that it was about.ö :,
: :
:' Sensing that people wanted more Marlon from Marlon, on album ':
,: number two he was determined to deliver. And while heÆs still a :,
: firm believer in the art of cover songsùhis live shows regularly :
:' feature covers of songs by artists ranging from Townes Van ':
,: Zandt to Yoko OnoùWilliams wanted the new record to be all :,
: original material. By the autumn of last year, with a recording :
:' deadline looming the following February, it was crunch time for ':
,: the musician, a reflexive procrastinator. ôI hadnÆt written for :,
: two years!ö he recalls. What was needed was a lyrical spark. A :
:' triggering event, perhaps. As it turns out, life delivered just ':
,: that. :,
: :
:' In early December, Williams and his longtime girlfriend, ':
,: musician Aldous (Hannah) Harding, broke upùthe end of a :,
: relationship that brought together two of Down UnderÆs most :
:' acclaimed talents of recent years, whoÆd managed to navigate ':
,: the challenges of having equally ascendantùthough :,
: separateùcareers, until they couldnÆt. While personally :
:' wrenching, the split seemed to open the floodgates for Williams ':
,: as a writer. ôThen I wrote about fifteen songs in a month,ö he :,
: recalls. The biggest challenge? Condensing often complex, :
:' conflicted emotions and doing them justice. ôJust narrowing the ':
,: possibilities into a three-minute song makes me feel dirtyö, he :,
: explains. Also, not making a breakup record that was too much of :
:' a downer. ôI had a lot of good friends saying, æDonÆt worry ':
,: about sounding too sad,Æö he says. ôThey were saying, æJust go :,
: with it.Æö :
:' ':
,: Sure enough, while Make Way For Love draws on WilliamsÆ own :,
: story, in remarkably universal terms it captures the vagaries of :
:' relationships that weÆve all been through: the bliss (opener ':
,: ôCome To Meö); ache (ôLove Is a Terrible Thingö, a ballad that :,
: likens post-breakup emptiness to ôa snowman melting in the :
:' springö); nagging questions (ôCan I Call Youö, which wonders ':
,: aloud what his ex is drinking, who sheÆs with, and if sheÆs :,
: happy); and bitterness (ôThe Fire Of Loveö, whose lyrics :
:' Williams says he ôagonized overö more than any). ':
,: :,
: On ôParty Boyö, over an urgent, moody gallop that recalls his :
:' last albumÆs ôHello Miss Lonesomeö, Williams conjures the image ':
,: (a composite of people he knows, he says) of that guy who has :,
: just the stuff to keep the party going ætil dawn, and who you :
:' might catch ôsniffinÆ aroundö your ôpride and joy.ö ThereÆs ':
,: ôBeautiful Dressö, on which Williams seems to channel balladeer :,
: Elvis on the verse and the Future Feminist herself, Ahnoni, on a :
:' lilting, tremulous hook; in contrast, the brooding ôI DidnÆt ':
,: Make A Planö, casts Williams as the cad. In a deep-voiced :,
: delivery akin to Leonard Cohenùunusual for the singerùhe :
:' callously, matter-of-factly tosses a lover aside, just cuz. ':
,: ItÆs brutal, but so, sometimes, is life. And thereÆs ôNobody :,
: Gets What They Want Anymoreö, a duet with Harding, recorded :
:' after the two broke up, with Williams directing HardingÆs ':
,: recording via a late-night long distance phone call. ôIt made :,
: the most sense to have her singing on it,ö he says. ôBut it :
:' wasnÆt that easy to make that happen.ö ':
,: :,
: Williams flipped the script recording-wise as well. After three :
:' weeks of pre-production five doors from his motherÆs house in ':
,: his native Lyttelton, New Zealand (for several years, Williams :,
: has made his home in Melbourne) with regular collaborator Ben :
:' Edwardsùôreally the only person IÆd ever worked with ':
,: beforeöùWilliams and his backing band, The Yarra Benders, then :,
: decamped 7000 miles away, to Northern CaliforniaÆs Panoramic :
:' Studios, to record with producer Noah Georgeson, whoÆs helmed ':
,: baroque pop and alt-folk gems by Joanna Newsom, Adam Green, :,
: Little Joy and Devendra Banhart. ôI was a really big fan of :
:' those Cate Le Bon records he did [Mug Museum, Crab Day],ö ':
,: Williams says. ôI was obsessed with those albums.ö :,
: :
:' If the idea in going so far from home to make the new record ':
,: was to shake things up and get out of his Kiwi comfort zone, :,
: Williams succeededùto the point where at first he wondered if :
:' heÆd gone too far. ôThe first couple of days I nearly had a ':
,: breakdown,ö he recalls. ôJust cause I got there and IÆm working :,
: with Noah on this really personal record having only met twice :
:' before over a coffee. I was like, æI wish weÆd talked about it ':
,: a little bit moreÆ and figured out exactly how the dynamic was :,
: going to work.ö Williams is a worrier. But he neednÆt worry. He :
:' and Georgeson settled into a zone over twelve days of ':
,: recording, helped by the bonding experience of what Williams :,
: describes as the ôgreatest prank of all timeö, with Georgeson :
:' convincing both Williams and multi-instrumentalist Dave Khan ':
,: that there was a ghost in the studio, using an effect on his :,
: keyboard. Georgeson made his mark on the record as well, adding :
:' a fresh perspective on songs that had been well developed in ':
,: pre-production, and alongside the incredible performances by The :,
: Yarra Benders, they have, in Make Way For Love, a triumph on :
:' their hands. ':
,: :,
: The record also moves Williams several paces away from :
:' ôcountryöùthe genre thatÆs been affixed to him more than any in ':
,: recent years, but one thatÆs always been a bit too reductive to :,
: be wholly accurate. Going back to his high school years band The :
:' Unfaithful Ways and his subsequent Sad But True series of ':
,: collaborations with fellow New Zealander Delaney Davidson, and :,
: on through his first solo LP, Williams has proven himself plenty :
:' adept with country sounds, but also bluegrass, folk, blues and ':
,: even retro pop. ôI think IÆve always been sort of mischievously :,
: passive when people use that term [ôcountryö] to describe me,ö :
:' he says. ôI like letting labels be and sort of just play that ':
,: out.ö Make Way For Love, with forays into cinematic strings, :,
: reverb, rollicking guitar and at least one quiet piano ballad, :
:' is more expansiveùwhile still retaining, on ôParty Boyö and ôI ':
,: Know A Jewellerö, some cowboy vibes, the record will likely :,
: invoke as many Scott Walker and Ennio Morricone mentions as it :
:' does country ones. ôI think just having the time,ö he explains, ':
,: ôand having just finished a cycle of playing these quite heavily :,
: country-leaning songs for the last three or four years, and :
:' playing them a lot, has definitely pushed me into exploring ':
,: other things. :,
: :
:' As ever, you can expect some memorable videos with the new ':
,: album. As reluctant as heÆs been to put his lyrical heart on his :,
: sleeve in the past, Williams has never been shy about visuals :
:' and the more performative aspects of his art. Unlike many of ':
,: his folk and alt-country brethren, Williams embraces the :,
: chameleonic possibilities offered by music videos. Since The :
:' Unfaithful Ways, heÆs appeared in nearly all of his videos, ':
,: assuming a variety of charactersùmultiple ones, in the :,
: Roshomon-like ôDark Child.ö HeÆs gotten naked and visceral, in :
:' ôHello Miss Lonesomeö and loose and playful in this past ':
,: summerÆs one-off, ôVampire Againö, which saw Williams as a goofy :,
: Nosferatuùhis most lighthearted persona to date. ôFor me, I :
:' think that ambiguity is such an important part of my process ':
,: and my art,ö he explains, ôthat [videos are] just another way to :,
: further muddy the waters, you know? And I look for that, I :
:' think.ö HeÆll further muddy the waters with a new video for ':
,: opening single ôNobody Gets What They Want Anymoreö, directed by :,
: Ben Kitnick, in which Williams plays an overwhelmed waiter at a :
:' restaurant full of demanding hipsters. ':
,: :,
: On the live front, WilliamsùwhoÆs been a road dog in recent :
:' years, touring with Justin Townes Earle, Band Of Horses, City & ':
,: Colour and Iron & WineÆs Sam Beam ùhad a comparatively low-key :,
: 2017, though appearances at Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon and :
:' Into The Great Wide Open kept him in game shape, not to mention ':
,: February support dates in New Zealand for none other than Bruce :,
: Springsteen. In 2018, Williams will head out on a 50 plus date :
:' world tour, taking the music of Make Way For Love far and wide. ':
,: TheyÆre songs that need to be heard by anyone whoÆs ever loved, :,
: and lost, and loved again. :
:' ':
,: If ôbreakup recordö is a tropeùand certainly it isùthen Marlon :,
: Williams has done it proud. Like the best of the lotùBeckÆs Sea :
:' Change, Bon IverÆs For Emma, Forever Ago, PhosphorescentÆs ':
,: harrowing ôSong For Zulaö and Joni MitchellÆs masterpiece Blue :,
: (written perhaps not coincidentally, following her own breakup :
:' with another gifted musician) Make Way For Love doesnÆt shy ':
,: away from heartbreak, but rather stares it in the face, and :,
: mines beauty from it. Delicate and bold, tender and searing, :
:' itÆs a mightily personal new step for the Kiwi, and ultimately, ':
,: on the recordÆs final, title track, Williams dusts himself off :,
: and is ready to move forward. Set to a doo-wop backdrop and in :
:' language he calls ôdeliberately archaicö, that superb voice ':
,: sings: ôHere is the will/ Here is the way/ The way into love/ :,
: Oh, let the wonder of the ages/ Be revealed as love.ö :
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