Today, Nashville singer/songwriter Sam Williams announces a forthcoming deluxe version of his celebrated debut, Glasshouse Children. Featuring six new tracks, Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown comes out Oct. 14 via Mercury Nashville. Williams’ first song off the expanded edition, “Ragdoll,” written by Williams with Femke Weidema and William Benjamin Roberts, is out now.
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“’Ragdoll’ represents putting it all on the line for someone in a playful way,” says Williams of the song. “It’s a fresh sound for me and I think it’s a fun love song, ‘Let me be your ragdoll’ translates to ‘I’m yours.’”
Glasshouse Children was released last year to glowing reviews. Rolling Stone said the LP was “…an introspective meditation on hurt and healing, growth and loss, sin and redemption: it’s a reckoning with fate, freewill and the family ties that bind us. Sam’s skyscraping vocals shine through these ten lush, cinematic songs, as he delivers gut-wrenching, honest and plainspoken lyrics with raw vulnerability and deep empathy.”
Regarding Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown, Williams says, “I felt some of the songs that didn’t make Glasshouse Children deserved their shine, while also wanting to provide new music before a second LP. Tilted Crown tells a little more story and lets the listener in just that much more.”
In other news, Williams will be hitting the road in the UK with famed singer/songwriter Marty Stuart, dates below:
August 25, 2022 – City Varieties – Leeds, UK
August 26, 2022 – Indigo2 – London, UK
August 27, 2022 – The Long Road Festival – Leicestershire, UK
August 28, 2022 – Old Fruitmarket – Glasgow, UK
August 30, 2022 – De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill, UK
August 31, 2022 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
September 2, 2022 – Slagthusets Theatre – Malmö, SE
September 3, 2022 – Oslo Konserthus – Oslo, NO
September 5, 2022 – Godset – Kolding, DK
September 6, 2022 – Gimle – Roskilde, DK
September 7, 2022 – Passionskirche, DE
The grandson of country pioneer Hank Williams and the son of outlaw legend Hank Jr., Sam Williams is the latest in a long line of American originals, but he’s not here for the sake of tradition. He sings with his own singular voice and he writes in his own singular style, fusing gut-wrenching honesty with plainspoken poetics and raw vulnerability with deep empathy. Suffering the sudden loss of his sister and mother this past year has been profoundly devastating for Williams, but the journey of grief and self-discovery he has found himself on has led to a deeper understanding of his purpose in life and inspired him to honor his legacy with truth and integrity.
