‘Here’s Willy Moon’ Headline Show at Electric Ballroom + UK Festival Performances

Willy Moon  released his debut album ‘Here’s Willy Moon’ through Island Records on 8th April 2013. ‘Here’s Willy Moon’ was written, recorded and produced all on his own (with a few tracks being produced by Pulp's Steve Mackey) and he doesn’t blend different sounds; he smashes them together. There’s no middle ground. It’s as if rock’n’roll had been deep-frozen in 1965, just before the Beatles discovered acid, and abruptly reanimated 45 years later by a laptop hip hop producer. Willy Moon doesn’t like to waste time. His debut album, ‘Here’s Willy Moon’, is less than 29 minutes long. Only one of its 12 songs lasts more than three minutes and not a single note is squandered. No bets were hedged during the making of this record. "My album is short like my songs. I always loved the relentlessness and excitement of that first Ramones album and there's something of that spirit in there. I think it will surprise people who've only heard Yeah Yeah, there's some slower, more atmospheric songs on it and one that even last for over three minutes...ha!" Willy is 23, and whip-smart with a tinder-dry sense of humour. He loves the physical energy of Cab Calloway and Michael Jackson, the concision of the Ramones, and the style of film noir. Willy’s 2011 release, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, was the kind of truly great debut single that makes the listener ask: Who is this person? And where did they come from? In the video he struts and jerks and testifies in a spotlight, over a monstrously metallic Bo Diddley beat. It was quite an introduction and it made him some discerning fans. Jack White released ‘Railroad Track’ on his Third Man label and invited him to support him on his UK tour. Apple picked up his Wu-Tang-sampling barnburner ‘Yeah Yeah’ for its latest iPod ad while French director Alex Courtes (White Stripes, U2, Justice) directed the song’s thrilling video. Willy spent last summer playing festivals across Europe, including Cannes film festival and recently made his startling debut on BBC2’s Later… With Jools Holland. ‘Here’s Willy Moon’ stays true to Willy’s love of extreme contrast. ‘Railroad Track’ is like Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Walks’ rearranged for a 1930s chain gang. ‘She Loves Me’ crunches Hamburg Beatles into shuddering quasi-dubstep. ‘Get Up’ is seize-the-day hip-hop blues. The instrumental ‘Murder Ballad’ sounds like Tom Waits wandering through a haunted car yard. The cover versions make alliances with the weirdos of 50s rock’n’roll: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put a Spell on You’ and Little Willie John’s neurotically horny ‘I’m Shakin’’ (recently covered by – who else? – Jack White). Then there are the songs that sound like they should be covers but aren’t: the blue-collar howl of ‘Working for the Company’ and industrial Phil Spectorisms of ‘My Girl’. It’s an unusual record because Willy Moon is an unusual man.
‘Here’s Willy Moon’
1.Get Up
2.Railroad Track
3.Yeah Yeah
4.What I Want
5.Fire
6.I Wanna Be Your Man
7.Working For The Company
8.Shakin'
9.She Loves Me
10.I Put A Spell On You
11.My Girl
12.Murder Ballad
Order Standard on iTunes Here's Willy Moon - Willy Moon  
Deluxe Edition:
13.Shakin' All Over
14.Bang Bang
15.Shakin' (demo)
16. Yeah Yeah (video)
17. she loves me (video)
18. I wanna be your man (video)
Order from iTunes Here's Willy Moon (Deluxe Edition) - Willy Moon Available at Amazon HERE
Following on from his UK tour and sold out show at XOYO in London, Willy is excited to announce his next London headline show, his biggest to date, at the Electric Ballroom on May 8th. 

UK Dates 08/05 - Electric Ballroom – London Tickets and more info available here willymoon.seetickets.com/Tour/WILLY-MOON
Willy can also confirm he will perform at the following festivals: 

13-16 Jun – Isle of Wight Festival 

23-25 Aug – Reading & Leeds Festival 

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

‘Here’s Willy Moon’ Headline Show at Electric Ballroom + UK Festival Performances Announced “A major new talent has arrived” -Evening Standard “If you have ever wondered what Bo Diddly produced by Timbaland sounds like, you’re in luck” - Q