Anchor (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Anchor
Type = Album
Artist = Trespassers William


Released = November 30 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:24
Label = Sonikwire Records
Producer = Trespassers William and Jeff McCullough
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Anchor"
(1999)
Next album = "Different Stars"
(2002)|

"Anchor" is the debut album of Trespassers William, released in 1999 on Sonikwire Records. The album is long out of print, but has found new life on iTunes, due to their exposure on "The O.C." and "One Tree Hill". While no songs from "Anchor" are on either show, fans of their sound have sought out previous releases.

While there is growing interest for the album to be re-printed, the band has yet to follow suit. The band's guitarist Matt Brown admitted on KEXP that "...we've been hesitant to re-press it because we made it about ten years ago..." [cite news | first=John | last=Richards | url=http://kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=3146&pID=528&fID=1120&date=1120 | title=Interview with Trespassers William | date=2006-02-28 | publisher=KEXP, Seattle, WA | ]

Compared to "Different Stars" or "having", it can be seen as being more pop than the sound they currently have. Tracks such as "Cabinet" have funk-style bass-lines.

Track listing

# "I Know" – 5:04
# "Desert" – 3:54
# "Anchor" – 5:39
# "Washes Away" – 4:13
# "Cabinet" – 3:53
# "Broken" – 4:57
# "My Eyes Were Closed" – 3:02
# "It's Been a Shame" – 3:26
# "Umbrella" – 4:30
# "Stay, There's Nowhere Else" – 5:32

Personnel

*Josh Gordon, Justin Schier, and Matt Brown – art direction
*Jeff McCullough – recording and mixing (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10)
*Eli Thompson – mixing (tracks 5, 8, and 9)
*Justin Schier and Josh Gordon – mixing (track 6)
*Anna-Lynne Williams – lyrics

Miscellanea

*The songs "I Know" and "Washes Away" were used in two episodes in the sixth season of cult television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (episodes 11 and 15).

References