I'm always listening for new sounds that are original, unique in style, but also revealing an influence that pays homage to the great stylists who have gone before. One day my friend Nick Collins asked me to check out The Unfaithful Ways on MySpace so I checked it out. What was I hearing? Those boys have to be from Tennessee. Turns out they're a local, home-grown band playing alt-country, bringing something new to the scene while honouring the old. They are Marlon Williams, Ben Woolley, Sebastian Warne and Simon Brouwer. When my birthday rolled around Nick said he was going to buy me a copy of their new EP introducing The Unfaithful Ways' "Four First Songs." How cool is that? So then Nick checks his mobile and tells me to follow him and we head over to the Music Department at University of Canterbury to meet Marlon. We talked. I got his autograph. He shook my hand.
I'll be watching Marlon and his mates from now on. I think we're all gonna hear a whole lot more from them and about them.