William Fitzsimmons is equal parts songwriter and psychotherapist, creating captivating music, which uniquely melds depravity, honesty, and autobiography into a counter-intuitive seamless whole.
For many years, armed with a Master's degree in counseling from Geneva College, William Fitzsimmons worked as a mental health therapist, and only began recording his songs during graduate school breaks.
Since 2005, Fitzsimmons has created three full-length albums, each thoroughly themed and embossed with matters of family history, intimate disclosure, and bold confession.
While previous releases have been a detailed and agonizing retelling of events, 'Gold In The Shadow' is about Fitzsimmons personal regeneration in the aftermath of those experiences. Based on a specific set of psychopathological disorders from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV), Fitzsimmons describes the songs as "a real and long coming confrontation with personal demons, past mistakes, and the specter of mental illness which has hovered over me for the great majority of my life."
Radio Playlist 25th May 2011
D. Charles Speer - Marcos's Cave (Aghiledes)
Thousands - Love Won't Come (The Sound Of Everything)
William Fitzsimmons - The Tide Pulls From The Moon (Gold In The Shadow)
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Secret Cities - Brief Encounter (Strange Hearts)
Deep Magic - Minds In Lucidity 5 (Lucid Thought)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Endless Fire (We Are The Champions)
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William Fitzsimmons - What Hold (Gold In The Shadow)
Chris Forsyth - Long Warm Afternoon (Dreams)
Here We Go Magic - Mirror Me (The January EP)
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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Spectral Beings (Daytrotter Session 01/22/2009)
Barn Owl - Visions In Dust (Ancestral Star)
William Fitzsimmons - Tied To Me (Gold In The Shadow)
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Sleepingdog - From Where It Was (With Our Heads In The Clouds & Our Hearts In The Fields)
Sun Airway - Swallowed By The Night (Nocturne Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier)
Tears Run Rings - Distance (Distance)
