Fables Of Deconstruction
May 28, 2021
5 minutes
Words: Hannah May Kilroy
Images:
Thomas Williams
“In some ways, doing covers during lockdown was great because you don’t have to worry about the words and the melody, but on the flip side, you have this huge responsibility to honour the song.”
During the first UK lockdown, AA Williams soothed us through our screens with a regular series of cover versions from Nick Cave to Radiohead. Filmed in Williams’ London home and stripped back to just piano, guitar and her haunting voice, the songs felt warmly familiar, yet unique – just what the world needed in lockdown.
“At the beginning, I just wanted to do some videos – there was no goal of it being an album,” AA Williams says of the music that’s now been released as a full album, . “A lot
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