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THE BRIGADIER

I write the songs

About Me

MYSPACE TOP 40 UNSIGNED ARTIST!
'...your tunes are great' - Alan McGee
'Wonderful sound. . .contagious songs' - The Wondermints
Based in Brighton, England, The Brigadier is Welsh Singer, Songwriter and Producer Matt Williams who has been receiving much acclaim for his intimate live shows and timeless pop.
Influenced by all sorts of popular music past and present, he writes melodic Indie-pop with nice chord changes and catchy choruses and has received kudos from among others - Alan McGee, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Eitzel and the Wondermints.
Increasing exposure has led him to enjoy healthy sales of his self-financed and self-released 2007 debut album 'View from the Bath' which has had rave reviews. This was followed by the seasonal EP '6 Christmas tales...'. A new album 'The Rise and Fall of Responsibility' was released in the Spring of 2008.
The Brigadier has had radio coverage (Including BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Southern Counties) in the UK, USA and Europe, as well as magazine coverage. He recently did a live session and interview for the BBC too. CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO!. PLEASE JOIN THE BRIGADIER MAILING LIST (Your email address WILL NOT get passed on to anyone!):
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THE RISE AND FALL OF RESPONSIBILITY Includes 'The Language of Love', 'The Box in the Back of my mind', 'This, is why...', 'The Melancholy Days', 'What can't be fixed', 'When Will I be with you' and 'Une Soiree'!

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'VIEW FROM THE BATH' Includes 'Some Sort of Magic', 'Regents Park', 'Berkeley Square', 'Senorita', 'It's So Funny', 'The New Year Blues' and 'You've got to be'!
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'6 CHRISTMAS TALES...' Includes 'Santa Claus' and 'Merry Christmas to me'!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/17/2006
Band Website: thebrigadier.co.uk
Band Members: Matt Williams - Songs, Production and all instruments for recordings and live.

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Influences: Abba, Air, Adam Ant, Auteurs, Bacharach, Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Big Star, Black Sabbath, Blur, Bowie, Bread, Brel, Brinsley Schwarz, Lindsey Buckingham, Byrds, John Cale, Lou Christie, Gene Clark, Cure, Depeche Mode, Dion, Divine Comedy, Dubstar, Dave Edmunds, Elvis, Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Gainsbourg, Genesis, Andrew Gold, Steve Hackett, George Harrison, Lee Hazlewood, Human League, Kinks, Kiss, Korgis, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Nick Lowe, McCartney, Joe Meek, Morrissey, Moroder, Nilsson, Gram Parsons, Pink Floyd, Polnareff, Pulp, Queen, Raspberries, Lou Reed, Emitt Rhodes, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Saint Etienne, Salad, Scritti Politti, Del Shannon, Simon & Garfunkel, Slade, Smiths, Sparks, Stackridge, Steely Dan, Sweet, T-Rex, Velvet Underground, Scott Walker, Waterboys, Jimmy Webb, Wham, Bergin White, Who, Brian Wilson, Roy Wood, Neil Young, Yardbirds, Yes, XTC, Zombies
Sounds Like: Pop music
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Back on itunes, more great reviews and new tune up!

Hello Thanks again to everyone who's bought the new album, just to let you know that it is now back up (clicks-free!) on itunes, click on the itunes icon on the main page or here to preview;...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:58:00 PST

Great review and new interview!

Hello I've had my new album reviewed by the great blog - Powerpopaholic! Here it is; http://www.powerpopaholic.com/ And this is what it says; "Matt (The Brigadier) Williams is sure to garner attention...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:03:00 PST

New Brigadier album now up on itunes!

Hello Thanks to everyone who's been buying the new album 'The Rise and Fall of Responsibility', i've had some lovely feedback and reviews for it and i'm very thankful! Some more good news is that the ...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Thu, 22 May 2008 03:24:00 PST

Brigadier interview online!

Hello First up, thanks for everyone who has bought or reviewed my album recently, i'm really thrilled! Secondly, I recently did an interview on the blog 'Songs and Sonics' about the making of the albu...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Sat, 17 May 2008 04:23:00 PST

New Brigadier album out now!!

Hello!Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine!I'm pleased to announce that the new album 'The Rise and Fall ofResponsibility' is now out!The album includes myspace favourites 'The Languag...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Mon, 12 May 2008 11:28:00 PST

Nice review!!

Hello I got a great write-up from Mark, Editor of Indie Magazine Losing Today, here's the link to the online version (scroll to the bottom of the page) http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php Here's...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST

BBC session download!

Hi I’ve put up the BBC session of ’What can’t be fixed’ for downloading as a few people wanted to hear it again, its about as stripped down as I get - just me and guitar! I sou...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:18:00 PST

Gig coming up and album too!

Hello from snowy Brighton! If any local folks are in the vicinity then i’m playing a gig at the Western Front in town on Wednesday night. The acts kick off at around 9 and then i&rsquo...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:49:00 PST

New songs up!

Hi there, Hope everybody is well? Just to let you know there are a few new Brigadier songs up on myspace - 'This is why (Love is good)' is an uptempo groover and 'What can't be fixed' is a melancholic...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

New Valentines Day song!

Hello all!As it's Valentines Day again I've put up a new little song for freedownload!It's a quirky number called 'Be my Valentine...?' which will be up onmyspace for the next couple of days or so but...
Posted by THE BRIGADIER on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:46:00 PST