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:
- My Boy
- Easy Does It
- River Rival
- My Heart the Wormhole
- Princes Walk
- Don't Go Back
- Soft Boys Make the Grade
- Thinking of Nina
- Morning Crystals
- Trips
- Promises