Evan Williams releases new single 'Ride On'
new single RIDE ON January 8th
debut album THE VIEW FROM HALFWAY DOWN 11th April
Kentish singer-songwriter-guitarist Evan Williams releases his hotly awaited debut album The View From Halfway Down through Peter Doherty's Strap Originals on April 11th. The album will be available on 12” clear vinyl and digital download and is available to pre-order here. A new single, the western influenced live banger Ride On, is released 8th January.
Evan Williams says of Ride On: "I heard fragments of this song in a dream after a particularly heavy night. In the dream it was the theme for the opening sequence of an old western movie starring Ice-Cube. I woke up humming this melody, and the phrase ‘He was out there in the city eating western takeaways’ going round my head. I got out of bed and wrote the rest of the track in a few minutes."
The video for Ride On, directed by Barnaby Fairley, features the Sinclair C5, which was one of the first electric vehicles to become commercially available. The C5 celebrates the 40th anniversary, of its launch, on the 10th January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnaYeMSUHs8
The View From Halfway Down, was recorded over three sessions at The Albion Rooms in Margate and produced by Jason Stafford (The Libertines, Jamie T and PREGOBLIN).
For the album Evan Williams has embraced the power of his own narrative and over the course of 10 songs explores themes of love, loss, self-loathing, addiction… and Bojack Horseman.
Evan Williams: "The View From Halfway Down is the coming of age record. It’s a documentation of my stumbling first steps into adulthood and ponderings on the future. It’s about how it feels to try and make a life for yourself in a crumbling industry and an increasingly uncertain future."
The full tracklisting for A View From Halfway Down is:
1. Intro (00:58)
2. The Doghouse (3:46)
3. Ride On (3:31)
4. Kindred Sin (3:29)
5. Traffic Lights (5:34)
6. The Ending (4:19)
7. I’ll Stick Around (3:32)
8. For Anyone (5:08)
9. View From Halfway Down (5:24)
10. Ten Fifty-Four (4:58)
Evan Williams’ first single When the Shutters Rise Again was described by GigSlutz as “a soulful, stunning debut”. This was quickly followed by I’ll Stick Around, which was chosen by Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson as one of his Hidden Gems of 2022. Evan’s other releases include The Doghouse, Wouldn’t It Be Easier and the ever-popular crowd pleaser and his biggest single release to date, The Arsonist, which features on the NBA 2K24 soundtrack.
Evan Williams has supported artists including Peter Doherty, The Libertines and Hak Baker and played Tim Peaks Diner at Kendal Calling (2023) and in November 2024 supported The Libertines at NX Newcastle and three nights at the Albert Hall in Manchester. The singer’s upcoming live dates are as follows:
February 11 – Dublin Castle – London
March 21 – Jock's Cavern – Wakefield
As a defiant champion of the alternative, Evan Williams future might be fixed sparring in the shadows of the underground, but if he’s caught in the searchlights, armed and equipped with his constantly surprising creative talent, he’ll come out fighting and win.
Evan Williams band: Evan Williams (vox/piano/guitar), Rocco Marche (guitar), Sahib Dhinsa (bass) and Albie Lucas (drums).
