William Hut: Roadstar Doolittle

01. Scarlet
02. Belonging
03. Bangalore Homecoming Queen
04. A Better View
05. Too Many
06. Dulcinea
07. The Great Gospel
08. Pluto
09. Wood Floors
10. Doolittle
11. Country Hut

Album info:

Following the release of Norway’s best kept secret, Poor Rich Ones' critically acclaimed U.S. debut album Happy Happy Happy, the singer William Hut is now set to release his solo debut album. Road Star Doolittle is a mellow, melancholy and grandiose album. It was recorded between two U.S. tours with Poor Rich Ones, not far from his hometown of Bergen on west coast of Norway, in the Magnetophonic Labs Studio, next door to a go cart area. The album was produced and mixed by Even Johansen, known as Magnet. It's not hard to see why the Poor Rich Ones have won the Spellemannsprise, the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, before, and now Road Star Doolittle, a gorgeous, individual, haunting collection of melancholic alternative rock songs of an incredibly high standard, looks all set for nomination next year! Road Star Doolittle will be released in the U.S. alongside of Poor Rich Ones’ compilation album, Joe Maynard’s Favourites.

Q magazine (UK) writes, “a man with the name of an outhouse but the voice of an angel…” William Hut is the front man of Norwegian pop rock group Poor Rich Ones, who charms people with his incredible voice. While actively performing as a lead singer of Poor Rich Ones, he created this monotone, mellow, melancholic world with his fellow friends such as Even Johansen (Magnet), Pedro Carmona-Alvarez (Sister Sonny), and Bjorn Bunes (Poor Rich Ones) in his hometown. Like William says, he is inspired by artists like The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Tom MacRae, and Bright Eyes; he strips himself and shows his different side and rout with this album. William has been playing solo shows in Europe, and will be coming back to the U.S. this summer for some dates.

Album Reviews from Europe
Rather than some sort of woody fabrication. William Hut is the exquisite, very Morten Harket-sounding voice of Poor Rich Ones, Norway’s own Radiohead. It’s not an easy cross to bear, but on the evidence of their debut U.K. release, Happy Happy Happy, something they are more than capable of handling. This side-project follows a similar heartsick sonic trajectory, albeit with less guitar clang going on. Infinitely sad and nocturnal, yet uplifting rather than depressing. This is real find. 4 stars
Q MAGAZINE

Flaming Lips-style Scandinavian dreaminess...
Moonlighting from his job as singer with Norwegian indie combo Poor Rich Ones, the angelic voiced Hut’s solo debut arrives like the dictionary definition of lushness. Choruses that caress, melodies that soar- it’s celestial grandeur in the vein of Mercury Rev, with a Nigel Goodrich-inspired ambience.
UNCUT