Current band rollcall?
Richard Seeney, Henry Wolfson & Tim Stroh.
Williams Break has been around since ...
We first formed in 2006, just after we finished school.
First song ever written?
Stantation of Astonishmentation.
Music making for you began when ...
Henry bought a laptop with Reason and Cubase.
I know it's cliched to ask, but how did you get your very unusual band name?
We came up with it one day when brainstorming and we stuck with it because it's very open to interpretation. So far, the most popular responses from people have been a place, a person or a "type of break" e.g. supper, brunch, that sort of thing. To us, it has a few of its own meanings but we prefer to leave it up to others to judge for themselves.
Most unusual sound/instrument you've used in your music?
We've listened to it all too many times to be able to tell anymore.
How do you come up with song titles when the music is mostly electronic instrumentals?
They’re usually made up from what words come to mind when we hear it, for example, Last Words Of A Dying Robot, because we thought that’s what it sounded like. But then again, a few of them are just completely random.
Strangest gig you've ever played?
As Williams Break, that’s yet to happen.
Do you pin up images when recording to help inspire your songs?
Not really, we do have posters up in the studio but most of our inspiration comes from the sounds and images of everyday life.
Unlikeliest thing to influence your music?
The Catholic Church.
Most unconventional topic you've covered in your lyrics?
None of our lyrics are really what you would call "conventional".
If you had to offer any of your lyrics as love advice (or life advice), you would offer ...
"Computer Marines": work that one out.
Most useful lyrics you've heard in a song?
"Pardon me while I burst into flames."
Do you think the country/city/town you live in affects your music in any way?
Definitely, music is the soundtrack to our lives, it evokes the feelings, smells, tastes and sounds around us.
You would love to record with ...
Any of the great symphony orchestras, Air, Trent Reznor, Josh Homme - this list could go on forever ...
Favourite person you have performed/recorded with ...
Ebony Naiun and Adelie Battam were both amazing artists.
Outside of Williams Break, you spend your time ...
We all have our little side projects that we work on, but most of our time is spent working so we can fund these projects. After that, there isn’t much time for anything more than just kicking back and relaxing.
Next for you is ...
Complete and total domination of the world.
If record stores had to come up with a new genre name to file your music under, it would be called ...
Ecclectronica.
It's hugely galvanising when you play a song on the radio and someone listening instantly needs to know what you're spinning. This happened with Would You Please by Williams Break, a song which pulses and stutters so precisely and beautifully, with notes and beats being batted back and forth at micro-distances, until the song relaxes and breezes to a game-over close.
It appears on the Local Fidelity FBI-fundraising compilation, on-sale online ($12) here and also the upcoming Williams Break album, out "around September-ish". If it's anything like past material - it should be endlessly listenable. Keep clicking for Williams Break news here.
