Wilsn – Those Days Are Over
Australian vocal powerhouse WILSN is thrilled to announce her debut album today, Those Days Are Over, out February 3 on Ivy League Records/Universal Music Australia (Rolling Blackouts C. F., Hatchie). She also revealed a US headline tour (dates below), following her run with Allen Stone.
A fusion of pop, soul, Motown and jazz both classic yet contemporary, WILSN’s unbelievable voice & honeyed sound on the record are showcased on single & video “Hurts So Bad” featuring Josh Teskey, lead singer of award-winning Melbourne blues-rock band The Teskey Brothers.
Built from a trumpet melody by friend & acclaimed horn player Billy Aukstik (Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley), the heart-wrenching break-up song is accompanied by a video from Triana Hernandez, where the masterful performers are in full flight. “Right before Covid hit, I toured through Europe and the UK with The Teskey Brothers,” WILSN explains. “I was already a fan before this but seeing their show every night and occasionally getting up to sing with them in their set really solidified my love for the band. Josh is one of my favourite singers in the world and I feel super lucky he’s singing with me on my debut record.”
Studying at Melbourne, Australia’s prestigious Victorian College of the Arts and playing shows there, WILSN – real name Shannon Busch – was soon noticed by international publishing juggernaut Pulse Music Group (Kehlani, Yebba) / Native Tongue (Courtney Barnett, Aldous Harding) – even going on to play the Melbourne Grand Prix. She briefly moved to Nashville to work with GRAMMY-winning writers, which helped hone her craft for this full album.
“I was at a crossroads with my songwriting,” Busch says. “Cos I have two big loves in singing. I have my kind of Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, Adele-style love for pop music. But then I also love jazz and Motown, Amy Winehouse and Aretha Franklin and that kind of music. So I was really torn – do I want to be pop or soul? On tour, I was ending my set with probably my souliest, bluesiest song and that one was really connecting with the crowd. In that moment I felt like I’d found what I was supposed to be doing and I immediately realized I needed a whole set of these songs.”
2023 US Tour Dates:
February 24 @ The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
February 25 @ Ventura Theatre – Santa Barbara, CA
February 26 @ The Independent – San Francisco, CA
March 10 @ S.O.B.’s – New York, NY
March 11 @ Middle East Downstairs – Cambridge, MA
March 12 @ Union Stage – Washington DC
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