Following the release of last year’s Easy Fantastic, Tom Williams moored The Boat for a pair of solo ventures. New Guitar was released in March, and New House will follow on October 23rd, along with a deluxe version combining both…
We’re proud to premiere ‘Tuesday Morning’ taken from Tom Williams’ new solo record New Guitar. After Tom Williams & The Boat’s LP Easy Fantastic was released last year, Tom took some time away from the band to work on his solo project. The video was made from footage…
Tom Williams and his sea-faring backing band, The Boat, return with their third album Easy Fantastic, funded entirely through Pledges made by fans of the band. For those who have heard other records by Tom Williams, there hasn’t been much…
FFS is delighted to announce the tracklist for our third charity Christmas album, For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012. We’ve got original songs from the likes of Ellen & the Escapades, Tom Williams (of ‘& the Boat’ fame) and Admiral…
Tom Williams’ dial is clearly set to ‘overachieve’ at the moment. He and The Boat are currently on the promo trail for their second album, Teenage Blood, and getting revved up for their pledge-funded national tour. Supposedly they’re not gunning…
It’s been four years since I first saw Tom Williams & the Boat perform on a mini BBC Introducing tour of Kent – the moment I chose to probe the band using my rookie work experience reporter technique and an…
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by…
Oh my, oh my. A new Richard Hawley album is always something to get excited about, but Sheffield’s most restless talent has really excelled himself this time. Whereas each of his solo records to date have delivered a stark beauty,…
Liz Green – Bad Medicine ‘Bad Medicine’ is taken from Liz Green’s debut album O, Devotion! and it is quite frankly brilliant. It’s also pretty difficult to describe, the closest I can get being that it is a bit like…
How frustrating it must be to spend all your energy and creativity making a debut album that everybody loves, only to be labelled as something you never wanted to be. Slow Club managed to win hordes of wonderful fans thanks…