Goodnight

Bittersweet chronicles of the degeneration of relationships from Americana's next big export. William Fitzsimmon's debut album is upon us (UK Only).  

Born the youngest child of two blind parents, William was raised in the Steel City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the family's inability to communicate through normal visual means, William's childhood home was filled with a myriad of sounds to replace what eyes could not see. Now a frontliner in the new wave of Americana, Fitzsimmons brings a unique electronic frame to a folk experience riddled with self-disclosure.

No-one could possible describe this magnum opus better that William himself:

"The ‘Goodnight' record is meant to be an emotional chronicle of my parents' relationship dissolution and subsequent divorce. I've always thought of that as being the singular most impacting moment of my life, second only to my own recent divorce.

I wrote and recorded the entire record in a small room I converted into a makeshift studio immediately following the completion of my Master's Degree education and internship. I boarded up the windows to have complete quiet, disabled the lights to avoid distraction, and set to work for over five straight months.

It was absolutely one of the most depressed and dark periods I've ever been through.

And although I am terribly proud of the work that came from that nearly half a year, there are memories from that time that came from not only the process of digging up formerly forgotten memories, and uncovering long dormant emotions, but also from the unravelling of my life that took place during that time.

I was separated from my own wife by the time I finished the record.

It's a difficult subject and one that had its downside to dealing with so intensely. But I thought that until I spent time honestly exploring that affectivity and regret, I wouldn't really be able to move on from it. And secondly, if it would be possible for that story to somehow influence someone who shared a similar measure of pain in feeling slightly less isolated, it would be well worth my effort and dedication."

Produced by William Fitzsimmons