- Tom Williams & The Boat
Infobox musical artist
Name = Tom Williams & The Boat
Img_capt = Tom Williams & The Boat, August 2008
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Tunbridge Wells ,UK
Genre = Acoustic, Folk,Melodramatic popular song
Years_active = 2006–present
Label =Unlabel ,Wire Boat Recordings
URL = [http://www.tomwilliamsandtheboat.co.uk/ tomwilliamsandtheboat.co.uk] [http://www.myspace.com/williamstommusic/ myspace.com/williamstommusic]
Current_members = Tom Williams
Ant Vicary
Geri Holton
Josh Taylor
Chris Stewart
Dave Richardson
Past_members = -Tom Williams & The Boat are a 6 piece anti-folk band from
Tunbridge Wells , and have been described as 'Bob Dylan meetsLightspeed Champion /Eugene McGuiness with the lyrical style ofRegina Spektor orWin Butler '.Members
Tom Williams -
Acoustic guitar ,electric guitar ,harmonica , vocals
Ant Vicary - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Geri Holton -violin s,saxophone , backing vocals
Josh Taylor - bass
Chris Stewart -piano
Dave Richardson - drumsProgress
Hailing from the town of Tunbridge Wells, the work of Tom Williams & The Boat is a natural progression from Tom’s solo work, with the addition of drums, bass, violins, guitars, mouth organs and pianos. The band have earned a constantly growing fan-base through supporting bands such as
The Wombats ,Good Books ,Jack Penate ,Air Traffic ,Chris TT ,Jeremy Warmsley ,Emmy the Great ,Tokyo Police Club andLaura Marling . The band have released 3 EPs so far in since late 2007 with over 20 tracks; The Penguin EP in October 2007, The February EP in February 2008 and most recently Got Fuel EP in August 2008. They have gained continued support from theBBC Kent Introducing team, as well asSteve Lamacq onBBC Radio 2 ,BBC 6 Music , andHuw Stephens onBBC Radio 1 . In May 2008 Tom Williams & The Boat were picked by a panel of Radio 1 DJs to be one of two Kent bands to play the station's own festival 'One Big Weekend ' in Mote Park, Maidstone, on the BBC Introducing Stage. Huw Stephens has recently asked the band to come to BBC'sMaida Vale Studios to record their first session for Radio 1. The band recorded their session on September 3rd in the legendary studio 4. The session will be broadcast on Huw Stephens shows on BBC Radio 1 on October 15th, on his 9-10pm and 12am-2am shows.The session ran:
1. Got Fuel2. Doing My Best3. Wouldn't Women Be Sweet4. Train Station Car Park
Discography
Tom Williams & The Boat EP
The Penguin EP October 2007 on UNlabel
1. Yup
2. Jazz singer
3. Denmark
4. Leisure centre pool
5. My supervisor
6. Three thursdays
7. This is shitThe February EP February 2008 on Wire Boat Recordings
1. Train station car park
2. Exactly good on you
3. October
4. I have me
5. Small boy
6. Trixy vixenTrain Station Car Park Single April 2008 on Wire Boat Recordings
1. Train station car park
2. ABC (home recording)
3. Train station car park (first home recording)Got Fuel EP August 2008 on Wire Boat Recordings/UNlabel
1. Got fuel
2. Pete & the pirates
3. Wouldn't women be sweet
4. The bat
5. My chainsaw
6. Let's restart
7. Half mast
8. Bumble bee[Tom Williams is notable for his songwriting and composition]
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