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Trespassers William

love is the knife we pulled out of our backs

About Me

Trespassers William have recently released the Noble House ep, featuring 6 new recordings. They are in the studio in Seattle recording the final songs for their fourth full-length album ("The Natural Order of Things"), and they are looking for a label to release it. Guitarist Matt Brown released a second solo album (Disinterested - "Behind Us") in 2007, and singer Anna-Lynne Williams has just released her first solo album (Lotte Kestner - "China Mountain").
Trespassers William's debut album, Anchor, is available for download on Itunes, as is a live itunes session. Different Stars and Having are available on Nettwerk Records.
TRESPASSERS WILLIAM NOTABLE INFORMATION:
-In '04, Different Stars released on UK's Bella Union
Records and Nettwerk Records
-In '06, Having (produced by Dave Fridmann) released
on Nettwerk
-In '07 Noble House EP released by Nettwerk (including Minotaur Shock remix)
-Anna-Lynne Williams featured on Chemical Brothers'
Grammy-winning record Push the Button
-TW included in AV Festival (with Broken Social Scene,
Stereolab, Morrissey), Les Femmes S'en Melent (with
Feist, Under Byen), KCRW Eclectic Orange Festival
(with Gary Jules), and SXSW 2006.
-Songs appeared in the films Love Song for Bobby Long,
Annapolis, and Self-Medicated.
-Songs appeared on the TV programs One Tree Hill, The OC, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Real World, and Felicity.
-Extensive touring across America and Europe with
bands such as Damien Rice, Explosions in the Sky,
Aimee Mann, Tristeza, Apostle of Hustle, Lisa Germano,
and Azure Ray.
-Performed at SXSW 2008
-Disinterested (Matt Brown's solo ambient project)
released Behind Us in fall '07 on Dynamophone
-Lotte Kestner (Anna-Lynne Williams solo folk project)
released China Mountain in April '08
UPCOMING NEWS:
-Music forthcoming in the films Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants II and Young Americans.
-Anna-Lynne Williams appears on upcoming Minotaur
Shock album Amateur Dramatics, as well as projects with Phononoir, Noise
Unit (members of Delerium), and Au Revoir Borealis
Instrumentation
Anna-Lynne Williams: Vocals, Guitar
Nathan Skolrud: Drums
Ross Simonini: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Matt Brown: Guitar, Keyboards, Bass
Discography
Noble House E.P. (2007) Self-Released
Having (2006) Nettwerk Records
Different Stars (2002/2004) Bella Union, Nettwerk
Anchor (1999) Sonikwire Records
Singles:
Lie in the Sound
Vapour Trail
For all professional inquiries, please contact the band at: [email protected]
links to purchase cds are availbe at: www.trespasserswilliam.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2004
Band Website: trespasserswilliam.com twband4.blogspot.com
Band Members: Matt Brown, Ross Simonini, Nathan Skolrud, Anna-Lynne Williams
Influences: cat stevens, boards of canada, radiohead, talk talk, mum, cocteau twins, the cure, sigur ros, elbow, bjork, joanna newsom, nick drake, lisa germano, four tet, wilco, mogwai, james, depeche mode, ride, massive attack, interpol, broken social scene, the smiths, red house painters, minotaur shock, devendra banhart, flaming lips, animal collective, cocorosie, nicolai dunger, will oldham, doves, fennesz, john cage, kate bush, fridge, godspeed you black emperor!, portishead, brian eno, iron & wine, mazzy star, grizzly bear, dj shadow, notwist, postal sevice, sun kil moon, brightblack morning light, o'rang, hayden, the knife, bark psychosis, goldfrapp, panda bear
Sounds Like: trespassers william
Record Label: Nettwerk Music Group
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

sparrow from the new sessions

sparrow is now on the player!(this is not necessarily a final version of the song.)
Posted by Trespassers William on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:00 PST

new interview up on [the mag] UK website

a thorough new lotte kestner (anna-lynne) interview is up today at [the-mag].here is the link:http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Articles/Lotte-Kestner-Intervi ew-20080606/
Posted by Trespassers William on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:49:00 PST

new interview on-line

Anna-Lynne is interviewed on the music gourmets forum:http://www.musicgourmets.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12& t=4267
Posted by Trespassers William on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:52:00 PST

Anna-Lynne’s solo album is available on-line

Anna-Lynne's solo project (Lotte Kestner) has released a debut album, "China Mountain", which is now available to order and will start shipping on April 24.You can purchase the album on the MUSIC page...
Posted by Trespassers William on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:42:00 PST

Portland show to be RESCHEDULED ***

We are sorry to inform that our Portland show of March 26 will be rescheduled due to illness in the band. We are planning to play in Portland in the upcoming month, hopefully at the Towne Lounge, just...
Posted by Trespassers William on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:57:00 PST

LA show - Tangier details

Friday night, March 21, is our one and only LA show on this tour, at Tangier in the Silverlake district.There are SIX bands playing, but we are hoping to play a full set, that will fall some time betw...
Posted by Trespassers William on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:17:00 PST

San Diego Beauty Bar show Wednesday

Trespassers William will be playing the Beauty Bar in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, March 19. Please be sure to arrive early as we will be the second band of four, and will be going on around 9pm or a l...
Posted by Trespassers William on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

get on the guest list for Fingerprints in-store

March 18, Long Beach, CA at Fingerprints Records, 7PMFree in-store, semi-electric performance.In order to attend you have to GET ON THE GUEST LIST.You can do so by contacting Fingerprints and requesti...
Posted by Trespassers William on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:41:00 PST

Tractor Tavern (Seattle) show March 4

After a hibernation of writing and recording, we are playing Seattle before leaving for a SXSW-related tour. Join us at the Tractor Tavern. We will be on at 11pm. Tickets are $6.
Posted by Trespassers William on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:25:00 PST

Fingerprints in-store in Long Beach March 18th

Another new addition to the schedule.We will be playing an in-store at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach on March 18th at 7pm. This will be a more acoustic-based set, and Herman Dune will also be pla...
Posted by Trespassers William on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:48:00 PST