Vinyl Williams

Vinyl Williams
Vinyl Williams performing in 2023
Vinyl Williams performing in 2023
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active2007-present
MembersLionel Williams

Vinyl Williams is an American neo-psychedelic band led by Los Angeles-based multimedia artist and musician Lionel Williams, active since 2007.[1][2] Vinyl Williams has released six studio albums: Lemniscate (2012), Into (2015), Brunei (2016), Opal (2018), Azure (2020), and Cosmopolis (2022).[3][4]

Williams, who calls his music "celestial pop",[5] has been described as neo-psychedelia,[2] electronic,[6] dream pop,[7] shoegaze,[8] krautrock,[6] chillwave,[2] and hypnagogic pop.[9] Dummy Mag has called Williams a "retro futurist with a penchant for analogue noise and sonic transcendentalism".[10]

  1. ^ Elingburg, Scott (August 17, 2015). "Interview: Vinyl Williams". Stereosubversion.com. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c Hann, Michael (2012-11-22). "Vinyl Williams: Lemniscate – review". The Guardian. London.
  3. ^ "Naked Sanctuary, by Vinyl Williams". Vinyl Williams. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Vinyl Williams | Bandcamp". Vinyl Williams. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  5. ^ "Opal, by Vinyl Williams". Vinyl Williams. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Vinyl Williams". Flaunt.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (23 July 2015). "Vinyl Williams: Into review – fitfully intriguing, with stretches of inertia". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Vinyl Williams - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Vinyl Williams: Brunei". Popmatters.com. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ Steph Kretowicz. "Vinyl Williams - Leminscate | Dummy » New Music". Dummymag.com. Retrieved 2012-03-31.