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You can know better and still lean closer.

My new album, A Little More, is about the appetite for connection that experience never quite cures. We learn to manage on our own, choose our words, keep our expectations reasonable. Then someone makes us laugh, and wanting very little no longer feels like enough.

These eight songs begin with a wink. There’s a man hearing more encouragement from his doctor than she probably intended, and another whose good judgment isn’t much help with a woman’s knee against his. Beneath the humor are the quieter admissions: wanting someone to stay, finding a reason to call, discovering how good it feels to be known.

The music is guitar-forward, with hints of art rock and close harmonies that occasionally take an unexpected turn. There’s room for the words—and for what the people singing them can’t quite say.

As the album unfolds, affection takes on the weight of memory. What do we keep of someone who is no longer beside us? What do we hope they keep of us? The humor stays, even when the answers grow difficult. Sometimes laughter and missing someone arrive together.

A Little More makes room for imperfect people who still want to be wanted—and who hope, when their name comes up, that someone might smile.

Listen to A Little More on Bandcamp, available now and coming soon to all streaming platforms.

Have a listen. I hope you find someone you recognize.

Bill

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A good line can get you into trouble. Sometimes that’s the attraction.

My new album, Away with Words, lives in those conversations where we have a little more at stake than we’re letting on. We’re trying to impress somebody. Trying to be understood. Trying to say “you were right” without spending another five years getting to it.

These eight songs follow people who can still surprise themselves—and each other. A little charm unsettles a comfortable life. Someone hears a familiar laugh and turns before remembering why he shouldn’t. A woman gets dressed for an evening out, and the man beside her remembers that being worth the trouble requires a little trouble of his own.

I’m interested in that space between knowing someone well and assuming we know everything. There’s still room for a misread signal, an overdue admission, or a look across the table that makes finishing a sentence seem unnecessary.

The music has an appetite of its own: guitar-forward alternative/art rock, winding bass lines, close harmonies, and grooves that leave room for a little mischief. Sometimes the guitar picks up where the singer runs out of words. By “Now You’re Talking,” a deep shuffle and a searing lead have helped turn a discussion about dinner into a question of breakfast on the way home.

There’s hurt here, and affection that has survived a few dents. There’s also the pleasure of discovering that someone can still get to you.

Away with Words is available on all major streaming services. Bandcamp is a great place to settle in and listen:

Listen to Away with Words on Bandcamp

Stay for another song. Dinner can wait.

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