Marlon Williams, the effortless hope, and clarity of a 21 year old wunderkid. Barely creeping into his twenties, Marlon has been fêted nation wide as the great young hope of country music.
The three short years as The Unfaithful Ways has seen them rise to support Band of Horses, Justin Townes Earle, appear at the 2010 APRA Silver Scrolls Awards and Big Day Out 2011. Their studio work has also been well received issuing an EP "Four First Songs" in 2009, and contributing to an English Townes Van Zandt Tribute Album in 2010, and The Harbour Union Album in 2011.
Their debut album, "Free Rein" was released in October 2011, climbed every notable end of year best list and his songwriting talent was again noticed when he was nominated for song and album at this year's APRA Country Music Awards.
Marlon & Delaney - Sad But True
Often the hero of a Western meets his nemesis, a mirror of his own evil side that he has to destroy: a nomadic loner, or a skilled fast-draw artist, moral, tough, solid and self-sufficient.
The meeting of Williams and Davidson is an interesting and compelling mixture of this cliché, twisting and turning the concept on its head and feeding them back into the Folklore machine with a seemingly random precision.
Alternating between the straight guy and the fall guy these two seamlessly jump between the poles and quite consciously throw a spanner in the works of country music both within its “bad rep from the 70’s” as well as in its current canonization.
It is their honour to bring you Sad But True, released on Lyttelton Records and distributed via Southbound. Released November 9th 2012, Sad But True is a canny and astounding choice of songs which includes well known standards and eclectic cover versions that makes for some surprising takes on classics. Some supremely written original material delivers previously unheard earworms that will nestle in there for days like wood smoke in clothes.
See Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson on tour promoting Sad But True this November!
Fri 9th and Sat 10th - Official Release at Wunderbar, Lyttelton
Thurs 15th and Fri 16th - Wine Cellar, Auckland
Sat 17th – Waiheke Island with Tami Neilson
Sun 18th - Matinee at Leigh Sawmill, Leigh (doorsales only)
Thur 22nd till Sun 25th - Melbourne (details TBA)
Fri 30th and Sat December 1st - Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Sun 2nd Dec – Aratoi Museum, Masterton (tickets available from venue)
