Marlon Williams- My Boy

Label: Dead Oceans

Released 9/9/2022

My Boy, the third solo record from New Zealand singer/songwriter Marlon Williams, announces an artist emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice – in his place comes a playful, shapeshifting creature. As the pandemic paused global travel, Williams found himself at home in New Zealand, reconnecting with family and friends. Soon new demos and lyrical themes emerged: of self-identity and escapism; tribalism and a gnarled family tree; and ruminations on the role of masculinity and mateship.

Track listing:

1. My Boy
2. Easy Does It
3. River Rival
4. My Heart the Wormhole
5. Princes Walk
6. Don't Go Back
7. Soft Boys Make the Grade
8. Thinking of Nina
9. Morning Crystals
10. Trips
11. Promises