Artist:Lucas William and The Deep Blue Sea

Lucas William is not your usual barefoot, banjo wielding folkster. Hailing from the rugged and windswept west coast of Victoria, Lucas could be described as a resident of the old world at heart - a place where things took time to grow, people loved telling stories and where folk just had all the time in the world. These days Lucas spends most of his time taking Polaroid pictures of lighthouses and marvelling at the Kuta boats that sail along the south channel, capained by old sailors with lifetimes spent at sea. His love for composing music was born centuries before in a far away land (according to his grandmother who is obstinate the family are direct descendants of scottish poet Robbie Burn). Its all hearsay to Lucas; he believes he has his experiences and his parents to thank for the music he writes, rather than distant genealogical links to genius. As a boy Lucas’ parents fed him a stable diet of The Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, The Birds and Fred Astaire. The old ...