Withered Hand
Withered Hand is the solo project of singer/songwriter Dan Willson, an Edinburgh-based indie folk-rock artist known for his heartfelt, D.I.Y. acoustic songs and ragged tenor voice. Debuting in 2009 with Good News, Willson found favor at home and abroad with subsequent efforts like New Gods (2103) and How to Love (2023). Williams Willson, a collaboration with English singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams, appeared in 2024.
A veteran of multiple bands in late-'90s and early-2000s Edinburgh music scene, Willson began his solo career after receiving an acoustic guitar from his wife as a 30th birthday gift. Migrating slowly from bandmate to solo artist, he began singing and writing his own loose, jangly songs, eventually releasing his debut EP, Religious Songs, under the moniker Withered Hand. Finding immediate success with the new format, Willson released a second EP in 2009 before teaming up with legendary American producer Kramer to make his first full-length album, Good News, in 2010. With his ragged tenor and often lo-fi, acoustic-based sound, Willson has come to represent a certain standard in the U.K. D.I.Y. scene and was a part of the Fife-based Fence Collective with acts like King Creosote and James Yorkston. Two more Withered Hand EPs appeared in 2012 before Willson returned to the studio to record his follow-up LP. His second full-length, New Gods, was released in early 2014 by Fortuna Pop and Slumberland. The record was produced by Tony Doogan (Mountain Goats, Belle and Sebastian) and features help from Black Tambourine's Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of the Vaselines, and members of Belle and Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit.
A nine-year gap preceded the release of 2023's How to Love, an assured and intimate set of songs about Willson's mental health struggles. In 2024, he teamed up with Kathryn Williams for Williams Willson, a collection of warm and heartfelt songs rooted in themes of grief and loss.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Willson Williams
Kathryn Williams, Withered Hand
Folk - Released by One Little Independent Records on 26 apr. 2024
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Weekend
Kathryn Williams, Withered Hand
Folk - Released by One Little Independent Records on 21 feb. 2024
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How to Love
Alternative en Indie - Released by Reveal Records on 28 apr. 2023
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Shelf
Kathryn Williams, Withered Hand
Folk - Released by One Little Independent Records on 17 jan. 2024
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New Gods (2022 Remaster)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Reveal Records on 3 okt. 2014
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Good News
Alternative en Indie - Released by Brother & Dad Records on 1 jan. 2009
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Ten Years EP
Alternative en Indie - Released by Brother & Dad Records on 20 mrt. 2020
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Religious Song
Progressieve rock - Released by Brother & Dad Records on 9 mei 2008
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Among Horses I
Withered Hand, A Singer of Songs
Alternative en Indie - Released by Son Canciones SL on 5 mei 2017
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No Cigarettes
Alternative en Indie - Released by SL Records on 29 mrt. 2010
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You're Not Alone
Alternative en Indie - Released by Brother & Dad Records on 29 jun. 2009
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Crippled Love
Alternative en Indie - Released by Reveal Records on 7 apr. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Grace
Kathryn Williams, Withered Hand
Folk - Released by One Little Independent Records on 27 mrt. 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Feelings
Alternative en Indie - Released by Reveal Records on 21 apr. 2023
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Inbetweens
Alternative en Indie - Released by KIMI Records on 23 nov. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Waking Up
Alternative en Indie - Released by Reveal Records on 14 feb. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo