"william came into music much in the same way that the von trapp children did: he was utterly forced to. the youngest child of two blind parents, william was surrounded by ominous instruments and brilliant sounds ranging from pianos, classical guitars, recorders, and the family pipe organ which was played as william and his sibling would attempt to find rest for the night. the household record player rotated at a steady 78 rpms, and was constantly spinning classical orchestral and organ works, while being replaced on occasion by the folk music of joni mitchell, bob dylan, james taylor, and other contemporaries of the time. besides those early stylings which formed the base of his melodic sense and love of reflective music, fitzsimmons claims influences ranging from nick drake, elliott smith, iron and wine, sufjan stevens, to aimee mann, patty griffin, ben gibbard, and sun kil moon."
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i am usually fairly skeptical when it comes to listening to new artists. especially artists who are sort of wading into a genre that was defined by another particular artist. i heard about william fitzsimmons several months ago. i dismissed him. i figured that i could live with one Sam Beam in my life. this afternoon, i gave mr. fitzsimmons another chance, and was pleasantly surprised. i began listening to his music after completely clearing my mind of any thought regarding iron and wine. and it helped.
take about five minutes (if you have it) and visit his myspace page. listen to any of the songs. i like them all.
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