Williams Shift, the new project of longtime friend of this site Matthew Stone (Saxon Shore, Soporus and Somerset way back in the day) and Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore, Small Signals) is available to pre-order from Burnt Toast Vinyl.
The name of the project references the shift opposing teams would employ when Hall of Famer Ted Williams would bat and the baseball references on full-length We Were Wanderers also include Doc Ellis, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who famously pitched a no-hitter while tripping on acid.
I heard a friend recently use Spiritualized and Mineral as references in describing the Williams Shift sound.
This is how it is described on the Burnt Toast Vinyl site:
The band blends soaring synth pop influences with an ever-expanding and spiraling Williams mythology and weight of the Cosmos. Captivated by theories of human cryonic suspension and the cagey details post-Williams mortem, the band embraces an actively dreaming suspended head and an alternate future of Williams’ awakening. His frozen head orbits the earth on a satellite with other cryonically frozen beings, a tragic Greek chorus echoing Williams’ thoughts through Brian Wilson-esque (musician, not reliever) melodies. This is an ode to melody, baseball, and the universe with a hefty dose of artistic license and imagination.
Click here to pre-order the 2xLP and Cassette package.
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