Having spent the best part of the past seven years winning over Kiwi audiences in Christchurch-based band The Unfaithful Ways, and more recently in his partnership with Delaney Davidson, alt-country rocker Marlon Williams is forging his own path.
His debut self-titled solo album charted at number four in the New Zealand charts on its launch in April and across the Tasman, where Williams is based, his career is on a sharp trajectory.
"It was quite frightening how quickly the Australian market was to call me their adopted son. It's an easy catch-cry but it's also flattering," he says of the response he's had since moving to Melbourne in 2013.
"They were very welcoming. In Australia there's this whole extra population to reach out to. It's the main reason I moved over."
To make the most of the new vast territory open to him, Williams has spent the past few years doing some pretty heavy-duty touring. "It's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but it's exciting. I feel like I'm in the invincible position of being able to do what I like now," he says.
