Birth name Anna-Lynne Williams Instruments Vocals, guitar, keys Also known as Lotte Kestner Years active 1997–present | Origin California, U.S. Name Anna-Lynne Williams Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter | |
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Role Musician · facebook.com/lottekestner Music group Trespassers William (1997 – 2012) Genres Indie rock, Folk rock, Dream pop, Shoegazing Albums The Bluebird of Happiness, China Mountain, Extra Covers Collection, Best‑of: Requested Cover So, Different Stars Similar People Sadistik, Astronautalis, Robert Gomez, Eyedea, Michael Badal Profiles | ||
Anna-Lynne Williams is an American musician best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Trespassers William, an indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington. She now performs under the stage name Lotte Kestner.
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Williams grew up in Laguna Hills, California, and now lives in Seattle. She is featured on "Hold Tight London" from the Chemical Brothers' 2005 album, Push the Button; on "The World Is Too Much with Us" from Au Revoir Borealis's 2008 album, Dark Enough for Stars; and on several tracks from Anomie Belle's 2008 debut, Sleeping Patterns. She also toured with Anomie Belle in support of that release. She has collaborated with Motopony, Minotaur Shock, Phononoir, AFI, Fieldhead, Black Swan Lane, Delerium, The Nikki Grace Experience, Damien Jurado, Sadistik, and Robert Deeble.
In 2007, Williams started recording her own music as Lotte Kestner, self-releasing China Mountain in 2008. She followed it in 2011 with a covers album, Stolen (Saint-Loup Records). In 2013, she was back with more of her own material on The Bluebird of Happiness (Saint Marie Records), for which she wrote all but one track (with the composer credit to Anna-Lynne Williams). An 8-track EP titled Until, was released through Saint-Loup Records on April 16, 2013. A collection of covers called "Covers" was released in 2017 in Japan (Lirico) and Korea (Aulos Media). On September 1, 2017 her new album Off White was released on Saint Marie Records.
In addition to these offerings, Williams has released four download-only collections, generally combining demos, outtakes, and newly recorded material: China Mountain B-Sides (2009), Trespassers William Songs Solo (2011), All That You Start B-Sides (2012), Extra Covers Collection (2012) and Best-of: Requested Cover Songs (6 October 2015) . Williams has also released four download-only singles and contributed the song "Confession" to the Saint Marie Records sampler Static Waves (2012).
Williams has published two books of poetry, Split Infinitive and In the Night I Go Sailing, and has recorded two albums with the indie band Ormonde.
She starred in the film I Cannot Go On As I Am, which came out in 2015 and which also contains live musical performances.