01 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Soft Hand [04:59]
02 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Skeleton [05:16]
03 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Scars [04:22]
04 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Vespers [04:11]
05 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Ghost Of The Girl In The Well [04:15]
06 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Mary Of The Angels [03:56]
07 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Preparing For The Fall [07:45]
08 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Fare Thee Well [04:21]
09 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Painter Blue [05:10]
10 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – No Such Thing As Clean [06:33]
11 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – From A Distant Shore [04:40]
12 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – Lady Of The Snowline [03:53]
13 – Willard Grant Conspiracy – The Ocean Doesnt Want Me [04:42]
Biography:
Loose-knit folk-noir confederation the Willard Grant Conspiracy was formed in Boston in 1995 by singer Robert Fisher and guitarist Paul Austin, longtime collaborators who previously teamed in the noise-rock outfit the Flower Tamers. Asked to test-drive a friend`s new home recording studio, the duo recruited guitarist Sean O`Brien and within days completed work on the debut Willard Grant Conspiracy record, 3 AM Sunday at Fortune Otto`s, issued on Fisher`s own Dahlia Records imprint in 1996. From there the group evolved into an ever-changing collective of some 20 local musicians, gathering in various numbers each week for informal jam sessions; guitarist James Apt, violist David Michael Curry, mandolinist Erich Groat and bassist Matt Griffin joined the core trio of Fisher, Austin and O`Brien to record the WGC`s 1998 Rykodisc/Slow River debut, Flying Low. The live Weevils in the Captain`s Biscuit and the demo collection Radio Free WGC preceded the 1999 release of the superb Mojave. Everything`s Fine surfaced two years later.
