A gig on Valentines Day. The event starts at 18:30pm.
Will Varley will be live in-store at Rough Trade Bristol, performing tracks from new album 'Spirit of Minnie', released 9th February on Xtra Mile Recordings.
6.30pm Doors // 7.30pm On-stage // 8.15pm Signing // 9.00pm close.
FREE ENTRY
Pre-order the Spirit of Minnie Album on CD or LP > https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/will-varley-spirit-of-minnie
From rambling along England's south coast playing shows along the way to supporting Billy Bragg, The Proclaimers and Frank Turner, Will's travels have led him to places far from his home in Kent, the Garden of England.
After self-releasing two albums, he signed to Xtra Mile Recordings in 2015 whereupon third album Postcards From Ursa Minor propelled him with rocket fuel into new territory. It would've been easy to draw on that for a couple of years, but it's alien to Will to remain in one place for too long. In bringing the exhilaration of the unfamiliar into his fifth album Spirit of Minnie, Will took the opportunity to record the album in autumn 2017 with producer Cameron McVey, who has worked with trip-hop luminaries Massive Attack and Portishead. Making this decision will undoubtedly be another unforgettable milestone.
For the first time, Will assembled a full band to draw out the galaxy-spanning atmosphere within the core of his songs. A nod to his previous brush with Postcards…, 'All Those Stars' brings you into the warmth, and invites you to admire the grain of the songs while lost in the ambience. By the time you reach the halfway point, 'Statues', Will's songs have been lifted by pedal steel, violins, piano, bringing them a visual quality, like seeing things in colour for the first time. The title track is a career highlight – a tale that recalls folk-storytelling traditions and folklore (“to us she is vast and ancient, to the universe she is still a child”) with the swell of its drama built from an eerie collage of acoustic sounds, a reminder of how potent a vision an intimate room of unplugged musicians can conjure.
The album closes with a story of humanity, our place on the Earth and our curiosity, and our follies, set to an ebbing and flowing ocean of strings guided by the pull of the band at its heart. As ever, Will has taken us on his travels, asked big questions and explored further than before, away from the stark rolling hills of Kingsdown Sundown to the wide, expansive and mysterious landscapes of Spirit of Minnie.
Entry requirements:
6.30pm Doors // 7.30pm On-stage // 8.15pm Signing // 9.00pm close.
FREE ENTRY
Pre-order the Spirit of Minnie Album on CD or LP > https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/will-varley-spirit-of-minnie
From rambling along England's south coast playing shows along the way to supporting Billy Bragg, The Proclaimers and Frank Turner, Will's travels have led him to places far from his home in Kent, the Garden of England.
After self-releasing two albums, he signed to Xtra Mile Recordings in 2015 whereupon third album Postcards From Ursa Minor propelled him with rocket fuel into new territory. It would've been easy to draw on that for a couple of years, but it's alien to Will to remain in one place for too long. In bringing the exhilaration of the unfamiliar into his fifth album Spirit of Minnie, Will took the opportunity to record the album in autumn 2017 with producer Cameron McVey, who has worked with trip-hop luminaries Massive Attack and Portishead. Making this decision will undoubtedly be another unforgettable milestone.
For the first time, Will assembled a full band to draw out the galaxy-spanning atmosphere within the core of his songs. A nod to his previous brush with Postcards…, 'All Those Stars' brings you into the warmth, and invites you to admire the grain of the songs while lost in the ambience. By the time you reach the halfway point, 'Statues', Will's songs have been lifted by pedal steel, violins, piano, bringing them a visual quality, like seeing things in colour for the first time. The title track is a career highlight – a tale that recalls folk-storytelling traditions and folklore (“to us she is vast and ancient, to the universe she is still a child”) with the swell of its drama built from an eerie collage of acoustic sounds, a reminder of how potent a vision an intimate room of unplugged musicians can conjure.
The album closes with a story of humanity, our place on the Earth and our curiosity, and our follies, set to an ebbing and flowing ocean of strings guided by the pull of the band at its heart. As ever, Will has taken us on his travels, asked big questions and explored further than before, away from the stark rolling hills of Kingsdown Sundown to the wide, expansive and mysterious landscapes of Spirit of Minnie.
Entry requirements: