After five years (and counting) of making instrumental music as Boarding School I've returned to the land of lyrics with Lovers of the Arctic Circle and a proper solo debut album Lonely Sometimes
Thirteen Songs about former lovers, former bandmates, former cities, and even former versions of myself. It's an eclectic mix of singer-songwriter indie folk, shoegaze and art noise, occasion lapses into electroclash and lofi industrial pop. It's a collection that worked a s a whole but was recorded in multiple sessions (Carborro/Chapel Hill, Seattle, Portland, Reykjavik, & Honolulu) and mixed recently here in Hawaii. some songs are new born, mere months old and some would be old enough to vote.

Lonely Sometimes is out Friday December 13 from Le Garçon Sale Records. Pre-order now!

The third pre-release single/ep from my Honolulu-based shoegaze project Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Featuring the single "Basic" out NOW from Le Garçon Sale Records

LP "Lonely Sometimes" out 12-13-19

Here's a quick little visualizer to hold you over until the official videos are released
and get the ep pay-what-you here now via Bandcamp and Le Garçon Sale Records .

xoxo

Survivor's Guilt the debut single/ep from Lovers of the Arctic Circle will first be available exclusively pay-what-you-will via Bandcamp 
It's a fairly dramatic departure from Boarding School stylistically, sonically dissonant and melodic LOTAC is a mix of lofi folk, shoegaze, bedroom singer-songwriter, and art noise. The debut album Lonely Sometimes will be released on December 13th via Le Garçon Sale Records

Check out the B-sides Nova Vox and a cover of Marianne Faithfull's The Mystery of Love after the jump.

While Boarding School is on a brief hiatus I found myself writing more traditional singer-songwriter fare and exploring new sonic pallets and suddenly I had a whole record. Actually I had a whole record and an ep/single. Lovers of the Arctic Circle's debut ep Survivor's Guilt drops on September 13th followed by the full album Lonely Sometimes on December 13. Celebrating being stuck on an island for a few years with some gloomy emotional shoegaze.


more soon
xoxo

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 01

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 02

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 03

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 04

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 05

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 06

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 07

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 08

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 09

Will, Portland OR 2019 -10

Will, Portland OR 2019 -11

Will, Portland OR 2019 -12

Will, Portland OR 2019 -13

Will, Portland OR 2019 - 14

Will, Portland OR 2019 -15 Model : Will August      Set : Iain Chester ©2019