ANCHOR (ALBUM)

'''Anchor''' is the debut album of Trespassers William, released in 1999 on Sonikwire Records. The album is long out of print, but has found new life on iTunes, due to their exposure on ''The O.C.'' and ''One Tree Hill''. While no songs from ''Anchor'' are on either show, fans of their sound have sought out previous releases.
While there is growing interest for the album to be re-printed, the band has yet to follow suit. The band's guitarist Matt Brown admitted on KEXP that "...we've been hesitant to re-press it because we made it about ten years ago..."^[1]
Compared to ''Different Stars'' or ''having'', it can be seen as being more pop than the sound they currently have. Tracks such as "Cabinet" have funk-style bass-lines, something the band has yet to rediscover.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Miscellanea

Notes and references

Track listing

# "I Know" · (5:04)
# "Desert" · (3:54)
# "Anchor" · (5:39)
# "Washes Away" · (4:13)
# "Cabinet" · (3:53)
# "Broken" · (4:57)
# "My Eyes Were Closed" · (3:02)
# "It's Been a Shame" · (3:26)
# "Umbrella" · (4:30)
# "Stay, There's Nowhere Else" · (5:32)
''All lyrics by Anna-Lynne Williams.''

Personnel

★ Art direction – Josh Gordon, Justin Schier, and Matt Brown

★ Recording and mixing – Jeff McCullough for Broken World Productions except: tracks 5,8, and 9 mixed by Eli Thompson at Sonikwire Studios; track 6 mixed by Justin Schier and Josh Gordon at Sonikwire Studios

Miscellanea

★ "I Know" has appeared on the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

Notes and references

1. Interview with Trespassers William John Richards