About Me
HISTORY:
The usual sounds brought to mind at the sight of a cityscape are typically loud, harsh, and overbearing. Roaring bus engines, rumbling trains on their tracks, and buzzing markets and cafes all amplify the sounds of people coming and going. These sounds create a constant, yet ever changing hum - a tune that can provide limitless resources for creative minds, but can also pummel the creative spirit. It is from this constant hum that We Are The Willows' Peter Miller conceptualized the tonal sound-scapes of his debut full-length, A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague.
Originally from Eau Claire, WI, Miller now resides in Minneapolis, MN where he attended college. At the age of 24, Miller has spent the majority of the last six years immersed in the Minneapolis music scene, actively recording and performing in bands throughout his college years. Since graduating, while working his former full-time job as a preschool teacher, Miller has concentrated fully on music. We Are The Willows is one of two current projects; Miller also lends his songwriting, guitar playing and vocals to well accomplished Minneapolis-based indie rock band, Red Fox Grey Fox . We Are The Willows started as a side project - a place to write songs outside of the structure of a full-band, but has slowly become a main focus for the singer/songwriter.
In 2007, We Are The Willows released its first EP, titled Bravery. Bravery set the groundwork for We Are The Willows' folk-pop sound, consisting mostly of Miller's signature countertenor voice singing over simple finger-plucked guitar melodies. A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague features this sound, though, Miller seems to intentionally bury it beneath his pile of organized noises...(click below for more).
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WORDS:
"A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague is now called the end of November, published first full-length. Begrudge you the time, because it has something to tell, and does not dazzle, as there are in your ears and what does this incredibly well!"
-Das Kilenicum (translated by Google)
"His voice sounds breakable but never breaks, and for this, even the most tone-deaf of us all will want to shout along with him." -The Muse In Music
"It takes a man dedicated to his art to cast aside social norms, embrace this childlike voice and see what it can do. Peter Miller is such a man. Matched with his tender and reflective lyrics [it] create[s] an album that is really an aural tour through his world."
-The World In A Paper Cup
"If Schroeder from Peanuts grew up listening to Elliott Smith, it’d sound something like this." -Day Bow Bow
"A Collection of Sounds and Something Like the Plague is a fragile work of art, the music delicately crafted and airy. The songs flow into each other with a dreamlike sweetness - it's impressive indeed that something sounding so far removed from technology and cluttered modernity like this can be made in 2009."
-A Future In Noise
Download Bravery, my debut EP, here:
