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"After an abortive attempt at indie success with Kaptainblack (Cardiff's answer to Pixies), popular success with Dirty Perfect (Cardiff's answer to Weezer), 30-year-old singer/songwriter Kris Williams reinvented himself as Eugene Francis Jnr. Mining US folk and country roots, Francis pays homage to traditional American music albeit with an electronic twist here and there. Though the sound of these hills may be more Wichita than Wales, Francis' instrumental mastery and poetic lyrics easily span the gap. Now performing with a live band to deliver his gloriously ragged sing-alongs fused with synth experimentation, this old talent has been reborn with a newfound maturity" - Flavourpil Magazine 'Folktronica?"
"Hoping to become the next new hot Welsh music export after 'The Stereophonics', Eugene francis is making music that i feel has kind of been slacking of late. Where is all the innovative yet dreamlike, cascading yet elevating, howling singing folktronica? Huh? Multilayered junk shop samples, clattering dusty drums and sweet surreal synths blanket Eugene Francis' empowered voice. A little Patrick Wolf, a little Manitoba - yup his early stuff before the Dick Manitoba lawsuit and the Caribou phoenix-from-the-flames escapade - Eugene Francis is an underground star with a cult following (previously championed by John Peel), ready to spread his tales of optimism and life loving to the masses. Stand up tall whilst being awat with the fairies." One Week to Live 'An Underground Star with a Cult Following'
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