Alan Williams - Evidence Unearthed (2020)

Evidence Unearthed is the brand new 25-year-old album from Alan Williams. In its original incarnation, Evidence was recorded in 1994-95 and intended for a Spring 1995 release. But after sending out promotional copies, despite getting positive reviews in Boston press, Alan lost faith in the project and buried the album. For more than two decades, he hauled a thousand CDs from apartment to apartment as some kind of penitence for having such musical aspirations.

The whole endeavor lurked as a dark chapter in the book of his life until a few years ago when he pulled a CD off the shelf and gave it a listen. To his surprise, the songs held up, and the contributions of his fellow musicians were unquestionably strong. If there was a weakness, it was in his not-fully-confident vocal performance.

Incorporating all that he had learned in his time as a freelance engineer and producer, as well as his work with Birdsong At Morning, a solution emerged: redo the vocals, rework some arrangement ideas, and remix the whole thing. A study in contrasts, Evidence Unearthed pushes the elements familiar to fans of Birdsong to wider extremes – louder and softer, more complex yet comfortable in simplicity. Now this album that both reclaims the past and points to future directions, has been resurrected. A once buried treasure is now Evidence Unearthed.