Willis Earl Beal

Willis Earl Beal

'Through the Dark' (EP stream)

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2016

Willis Earl Beal recently offered up a preview of his forthcoming Through the Dark EP by streaming its melancholy, minimalist title cut. Sh...

Willis Earl Beal

"Through the Dark"

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2016

Willis Earl Beal released his latest LP Noctunes last summer, and now the Chicago singer-songwriter is gearing up to drop a new EP next mon...

Willis Earl Beal

Noctunes

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2015

In one of his first high profile interviews, brazenly eclectic Windy City troubadour Willis Earl Beal declared, "I want to be like the blac...

Willis Earl Beal

'Noctunes' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2015

Enigmatic experimenter Willis Earl Beal has had a bit of a rough lead-up to his album Noctunes, as he recently spent a couple of weeks in j...

Willis Earl Beal Spent Two Weeks in Jail, Was Released Yesterday

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2015

DIY soul-pop experimenter Willis Earl Beal has an album called Noctunes coming out later this month, and in the lead-up to its August 28 re...

Willis Earl Beal

"Survive"

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2015

Exploratory songwriter Willis Earl Beal has evolved into an enigmatic crooner for the new album Noctunes, and with the record due out on Au...

Willis Earl Beal Returns with 'Noctunes' LP, Shares New Single

PUBLISHED May 28, 2015

Lo-fi pop experimentalist Willis Earl Beal followed up 2013's XL-issued Nobody Knows with a couple of freeleases and a self-released album...

Willis Earl Beal

"I AM." (video)

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2014

Willis Earl Beal is fond of alienated urban imagery, and there's plenty of that in his new video for "I AM." The lo-fi video is every bit...