{"title":"Will Butler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Butler is an American musician, born on 6 October 1982 in Texas, USA. He is best known as the brother of \u003cen\u003eWin Butler\u003c\/en\u003e. With a diverse range of influences and a unique musical style, Will has established himself as a talented artist in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis music draws inspiration from various genres, including indie rock, alternative, and post-punk. Fans of artists such as EL VY, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Walkmen will find themselves drawn to Will's captivating sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith his solo work and collaborations with other musicians like Operators and Hamilton Leithauser, Will continues to push boundaries and create music that resonates with audiences worldwide. His contributions to the music industry have earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"stereophonic-original-cast-recordings","title":"Stereophonic - Original Cast Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill Butler, known for his work with Arcade Fire, has composed the original score for the Broadway play \u003ci\u003eStereophonic\u003c\/i\u003e. The play, set in the 1970s, explores the dynamics of a rock band on the brink of success or collapse. Butler’s score authentically captures the era, using period-specific instruments and recording techniques to evoke the raw energy of 1970s rock. His compositions range from high-energy anthems to introspective pieces, enhancing the emotional depth of the narrative. Critics have praised Butler’s work for its authenticity and emotional impact, noting how it drives the story and deepens audience connection. He recorded the parts with the original cast from \u003ci\u003eStereophonic\u003c\/i\u003e, including Will Brill, Andrew R. Butler, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe production received acclaim from critics and no less than 13 nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, taking home five, including Best New Play. \u003ci\u003eStereophonic\u003c\/i\u003e now holds the record for the most Tony nominations by a play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"LP - Clear","offer_id":50451485655371,"sku":"2215130","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50553564135755,"sku":"2500058-S","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51905733263691,"sku":"R1154-9252","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Translucent Yellow","offer_id":55850910941515,"sku":"R1154-0721","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Stereophonic_Original_Cast_Recording_ca6a2783_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727127047"},{"product_id":"policy","title":"Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill Butler has been a member of the band Arcade Fire for over 10 years. This is his first release under his own name. 'Policy' is American music - in the tradition of the Violent Femmes, The Breeders, The Modern Lovers, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, The Magnetic Fields, Ghostface Killah. And John Lennon (I know, but it counts). Music where the holy fool runs afoul of the casual world. 'Policy' was recorded in one week in Jimi Hendrix's old living room (upstairs at Electric Lady Studios). Jeremy Gara played drums; other musicians contributed woodwinds and backing vocals. Most everything else was played by Will. The song structures are traditional; the arrangements are clean. The music is experimental only in that it attacks consistency as a requirement for sincerity. The songs are angry, loving, joking, tired, honest, idiotic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50493345104203,"sku":"383445","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/09389ba0-b795-4dad-88ab-3e182bd43662_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727697095"},{"product_id":"friday-night-live-album","title":"Friday Night (Live Album)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill Butler is a primary member of Arcade Fire. Cover art by Abbi Jacobson of Comedy Central's Broad City. Friday Night includes seven tracks not previously available. Introduction by comedian Jo Firestone. Friday Night is a live album of performances from Will Butler's tour supporting his first album Policy. It was recorded mostly at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on June 4, 2015. Five of the songs are from Policy, two are songs written for the Guardian newspaper last year, and five are new. This record exists partly because I had a really good band, and I wanted to document it. Miles Arntzen (EMEFE, Antibalas) played drums (standing up at a full kit—he didn't use a hi-hat pedal, so he could stand on that leg while working the kick drum with the other). Julie Shore played synth bass. Sara Dobbs played synth leads and Mellotron pads. Everybody sang backing vocals. We started almost every show with \"You Must Be Kidding.\" I thought the album should start in medias res to welcome the listener into a sweaty room with a tired, happy band and a loose crowd. So the album starts with the encore \"Tell Me We're All Right\" which was only ever played once, and this is the recording of it. We never soundchecked it. It wasn't even written yet (you might be able to tell). But Miles plays some magical fills, Sara and Julie jump in with good harmonies, and the crowd even begins a spontaneous call-andresponse at the end (\"You're all right!\"). This record also exists because I wrote a lot of new songs and the band got good at playing them, and I wanted to put them out to the wider world. Sometimes an artist will take a new song into the studio and polish it until there's nothing left. I wanted these songs to avoid that fate. Think of this as a comedy record. In some ways literally—Brooklyn comedian Jo Firestone does the introduction and the \"solo\" in \"Friday Night\"—but also, it's an album based on working out ideas in a room full of people, playing off their energy and expectations. It's about taking complicated emotions and wringing communal joy from them, and then translating that joy onto record. So here you go! 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What’s my place in America’s present? Both in general as a participant, as we all are, in the shit that’s going down but, also extremely particularly: me as Will Butler, rich person, white person, Mormon, Yankee, parent, musician of some sort, I guess. What do I do? What can I do? The record asks that question over and over, even if it’s not much for answers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the songs on\u003ci\u003e Generations\u003c\/i\u003e contain their fair share of dread and regret, there is ultimately a lightness that shines through Butler’s music. That brightness is at its most intense when he and his solo band Miles Francis, Sara Dobbs, and Julie and Jenny Shore perform on stage. Their electricity is palpable throughout Generations, with the bulk of the new songs having been worked out live. Wild synth production gnarly bass synths with live drums and anthemic backing vocals as on first single \u003ci\u003eSurrender\u003c\/i\u003e are punctuated by intimate, direct moments: Butler’s voice cracking on \u003ci\u003eFine \u003c\/i\u003eas he conjures his ancestors, and \u003ci\u003ePromised\u003c\/i\u003e, a meditation on friendship, how lives are built together, and how and why they drift apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenerations\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded and produced by Butler in the basement of his home in Brooklyn. Tracking finished in March 2020, as New York closed down for the pandemic. Half the record was mixed in Montreal by longtime Arcade Fire engineer Mark Lawson, the other half by Brooklyn-based producer Shiftee (who is, incidentally, bandmate Julie Shore’s husband and Will’s brother-in-law). \u003ci\u003eGenerations\u003c\/i\u003e opens a dialogue with the world. It posits answers and deals with those answers being refuted. 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