Another new release! The debut solo album by Marcus Hamblett – who plays with most other Willkommen bands including Sons of Noel and Adrian, Eyes & No Eyes, Kristin McClement and Emma Gatrill – will be released on May 25th, 2015.

The album launch takes place on March 31st at The Prince Albert where Marcus Hamblett will team up with drummer Thomas Heather as the Heather Hamblett Duo, supporting the incredible Stara Rzeka. Details here.

Copies of the album will be available then and there, three weeks before the release date. You can also preorder from here and receive an instant free download of the track ‘Three Four’, which you can stream above.

Please have a listen and let us know what you think!

Eyes & No Eyes have released two more free tracks, following a storming set to a packed out tent at End Of The Road Festival.

Check their Bandcamp page for a remix of ‘If No One Else Saw It’ by band members Marcus Hamblett (also of Sons of Noel and Adrian and more) and a remix of ‘Flying Machine’ by Richard Knox (of Glissando, The Rustle of the Stars and more).

Both the remixes and the original tracks are all available FOR FREE.

In the past we’ve created several collaborative Willkommen projects for free download over the Christmas period.

This year we asked as many Willkommen related artists as possible to simply contribute thirty seconds of sound. I stitched them together in the order in which they arrived to make a sonic patchwork quilt. The result is incredibly diverse and beautiful despite the random nature of its composition and form.

Thank you to the following people for contributing:

Alessi Laurent-Marke (Alessi’s Ark)
Woodpecker Wooliams
Said Speaks
Landshapes
Marcus Hamblett
Soccer96
Eyes & No Eyes
Hamilton Yarns
Thomas Heather
Danny Green (Laish)
Gravenhurst
John Smith
Fiona Sally Miller
Nick Hemming (The Leisure Society)
This Is The Kit
Rachael Dadd & Ichi
Rozi Plain
Birdengine
Helen Whitaker (The Leisure Society)
Steve Aston Trio
Rowan Coupland
Turbo & Silke (Martha Rose / OCDC)
Jacob Richardson (Sons of Noel and Adrian)
Emma Gatrill
Chimes (Christian Hardy)
Mary Hampton
Alphabets Heaven
François Marry (François & the Atlas Mountains)

Here are a few links to past collaborative projects for free download on last.fm:

• Willkommen Covers The Sleeper – various artists covered each song from The Leisure Society’s debut album. Originally released as a free Rough Trade bonus CD.
• Willkommen Foxswap – various artists covered each other’s songs before the Foxtrot festival
• Willkommen Christmas 2008 – again various Willkommen related bands covering each other’s songs