BILLY FULLER (BEAK co-founder) - Fragments LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition pastel pink colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

Billy Fuller is a name you should know. It should be said in the same sentences as Hook/Gallop/Weymouth. His playing has been a vital part in music by such luminaries as Robert Plant, Massive Attack, Alicia Keys, Baxter Dury (Fuller’s contributions to the latter’s last album are some of his finest recorded works) and of course BEAK> the band he co-founded with Geoff Barrow and Matt Williams, and who he would go on to record four studio albums (two of which with Will Young who joined after Williams’ departure), a clutch of EPs and soundtracks. The music of BEAK> is often framed around Fuller’s multifaceted basslines where he drives the melody and arrangements. 

Now we see Fuller fully stepping out of the group dynamic and releasing his debut solo album. Fragments is collected from compositions that Fuller has been working on for a number of years.

With BEAK> having a break in activity Fuller revisited these pieces he’d written and started to feel like they all had a similarity in atmosphere and mood which has resulted in him putting them all together and presenting us with what feels like a really personal and intimate display of Fuller’s musical heart.