William The Conqueror are a whip-smart alternative rock band from the West Country. And whilst they don’t share too much in common with the former king and his wide-eyed tales of revolt and hardened rule, they do have a story to tell and they’re itching to tell it.
They’re not a new band, but they are probably new to you, so let’s call them that for argument’s sake. The trio have just taken a longer route to your attention. Getting match fit. Putting out records irregularly, getting their live show suitably frenetic, writing and writing some more.
William The Conqueror have paid their damn dues. Like the sportsman cutting chipped teeth in the lower leagues before shooting to the very top, this band have lugged all the amps, placated the in-house sound guy for an easier life, their nails dirty, their hair unkempt. Enough.
Except it’s never enough, because despite their slinky, swampy, razor-sharp, blues-drenched, guitar thrashed alt. rock songs that form new album, Maverick Thinker and suggest that the door is opening for bigger rooms and broader audiences, it’s those sticky basement bar stages where the songs have always shed a skin and come alive. The record put the three piece behind the glass at Sound City Studios in LA, treading the same carpet as the likes of Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and Fleetwood Mac, and they might well have inhaled the spirit of them all.
William The Conqueror’s protagonist is Ruarri Joseph who knows his way around a melody and a verse. Joseph’s wryness suggests life just ain’t plain sailin’ and he fizzes that sigh and lament into something that breathes heavy with heart and with soul.
A1 - Move On
A2 - The Deep End
A3 - Alive at Last
A4 - Jesus Died a Young Man
A5 - Quiet Life
B1 - Wake Up
B2 - Fiction
B3 - Suddenly Scared (24 Storeys High)
B4 - Reasons
B5 - Maverick Thinker
They’re not a new band, but they are probably new to you, so let’s call them that for argument’s sake. The trio have just taken a longer route to your attention. Getting match fit. Putting out records irregularly, getting their live show suitably frenetic, writing and writing some more.
William The Conqueror have paid their damn dues. Like the sportsman cutting chipped teeth in the lower leagues before shooting to the very top, this band have lugged all the amps, placated the in-house sound guy for an easier life, their nails dirty, their hair unkempt. Enough.
Except it’s never enough, because despite their slinky, swampy, razor-sharp, blues-drenched, guitar thrashed alt. rock songs that form new album, Maverick Thinker and suggest that the door is opening for bigger rooms and broader audiences, it’s those sticky basement bar stages where the songs have always shed a skin and come alive. The record put the three piece behind the glass at Sound City Studios in LA, treading the same carpet as the likes of Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and Fleetwood Mac, and they might well have inhaled the spirit of them all.
William The Conqueror’s protagonist is Ruarri Joseph who knows his way around a melody and a verse. Joseph’s wryness suggests life just ain’t plain sailin’ and he fizzes that sigh and lament into something that breathes heavy with heart and with soul.
A1 - Move On
A2 - The Deep End
A3 - Alive at Last
A4 - Jesus Died a Young Man
A5 - Quiet Life
B1 - Wake Up
B2 - Fiction
B3 - Suddenly Scared (24 Storeys High)
B4 - Reasons
B5 - Maverick Thinker
