With their latest album, Brilliant Light, Danny Wilson has made his All Things Must Pass - a big record of hit after hit stretching over two albums plus a further bonus set of instrumentals.
Danny and The Champions Of The World
Swift Street is the first song to be shared from Brilliant Light, which will have its Oxford debut at The Bullingdon.
Producer and bass player Chris Clarke says outright it’s the best record the band has come up with so far.
Discussing the record, Danny said it’s: “a bit like taking a peek into somebody’s house, there’s great stuff that immediately grabs your attention and then there’s other stuff and you start out thinking it might be a bit mundane, but as the whole picture takes shape it proves to be incredibly beautiful.”
Danny and his band are already much loved for their whole-hearted openness their democracy and their sheer joy in what they do. They’re going to be loved too for this record.
Very soon Brilliant Light will be the soundtrack to an awful lot of people’s lives and that is no small achievement.
Danny’s allowed both himself and his band the absolute freedom to explore experiment and collaborate - and they’ve grabbed it with both hands. Hidden away somewhere in this diverse collection you’ll find the question ‘can we release ourselves back into the brilliant light?’.
For Danny the Brilliant Light is creativity, but more than that it’s collaborative creativity, and the process of birthing these songs, both by design and then serendipity, has been to maximise the creative potential of all The Champs.
Supporting act: William The Conqueror
Supporting the Champs will be indie-rock trio William The Conqueror, following the release of their latest album Proud Disturber Of The Peace.
After the announcement of their single Tend To The Thorns, the track was premiered on One Stop Record Shop who stated: “If anthemic indie outfits are your piping hot cuppa tea, look no further than the powerful sound of William The Conqueror.”
Sculpted off the radar with no-one to answer to but themselves the band ended up recording the album in Joseph’s garage (literally disturbing the peace) after plans to record it on the Isle of Lewis were hampered by a hurricane killing the power.
Undeterred and embracing the ethos of roots based producers such as Ethan Johns and Ryan Hewitt and with input from Slowdive’s Neil Halstead, they were adamant they wanted to keep the edges loose, opting for single live takes and avoiding excessive overdubs, focusing on the vibe.
The results sing with the confident energy of a band comfortable in their own skin, striking a vein of creativity and running with it.
The Metro said: “William The Conqueror sound like a hoedown taking place in the Houses of Parliament.”
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