Vinyl Williams sounds like he’s free associating a lo-fi, AM radio-esque sound with psychedelic garage rock, shimmery post-punk and intricate math rock pop on “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.” And in the process he drops in twists, turns and swirls like he’s live mixing analog tape and leaving in where there might be a warp and using that as a transition between stanzas of lyrics about how we psych ourselves into following a path we believe is inevitable but really there are a multitude of options open to us and we need not be committed to something that isn’t going to work for us or lead to undesirable ends. The line “We don’t have a single way to know” is the key to what Vinyl Williams is expressing here in his borderline whisper of a voice like he’s already let himself get locked into periods of tunnel vision and needs a reminder that it’s not required to keep going down that tunnel. Listen to “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” on Spotify and follow Vinyl Williams at the links below. The latest Vinyl Williams album Aeterna emerged on August 4, 2023.
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