Trespassers William - The Natural Order of Things

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 11 Jun, 2009.

I'm not really familiar with Trespassers William but they've recently signed with Gizeh and this 'The Natural Order Of Things' 5 track CD EP sounds okay. It's really laid back and in my tired sleep deprived state it's almost sending me to the land of nod. The female vocals are kinda soothing. I'm not really sure what to write about this as I cant really place precisely what style of music it is. There is an ever so slight country feel but it's not country music at all. The second track 'The Lids' has a bit of a David Lynch movie feel in there. 'Catch Not Break' reminds Phil of Low and earlier on the EP Brett was reminded of This Mortal Coil. There's lots of interesting things happening in the production too.

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New to the Gizeh family, Trespassers William return with a new EP full of their usual chilling warmth. A sensory overload of broken, distorted soundscapes, all the while pinned back by Anna-Lynne’s unmistakably haunting vocals and words. Trespassers’ first album ‘Different Stars’ (Bella Union) pushed them into the public eye and the band spent two years touring with the likes of Damien Rice, Stereolab, Explosions in the Sky and Broken Social Scene before recording their second album ‘Having’ (2005) at Tarbox Studios with Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev /Low/ MGMT). Anna-Lynne has also recorded guest vocals on The Chemical Brothers 'Push the Button' record and the band have been featured on such US TV shows as ‘The OC’ and ‘One Tree Hill’. Now officially a two-piece (of Anna-Lynne Williams and Matt Brown) after numerous line-up changes, Trespassers William will head to Europe in October for a lengthy tour with new label-mates Glissando before playing some US dates later in the year. Previous press: Singer Anna-Lynne Williams has one of those crystal-clear voices made up of shyness, loneliness and quiet despair, while her band dream up the kind of space country that might have sound tracked 'Twin Peaks: The Comedown Years'". –NME / “...her voice is immediately lovable and her inconsolable world-weariness completely convincing. Moving, even. Each song unfolds through a swathe of reverb and allows Anna-Lynne acres of space to express her woes with quiet dignity. File alongside Red House Painters, another band all to aware of the terrifying beauty of sadness." - Rock Sound / "If deep, breathy dreamscapes and ethereal, mournful elegance are what you seek, youll find them here. ..Tears will undoubtedly follow, of joy and despair, and an overwhelming desire to dwell in this space forevermore." -Logo Magazine.

Tracklisting: 1. Sparrow, 2. The Lids, 3.Red, 4.Catch Not Break, 5.I Could Go Back

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