Will McNicol announces release of Will McNicol With Innotet: Vol. 2!
We’re delighted to announce that, this summer, Will McNicol returns with a stunning new album, once again accompanied by the specially-formed string quartet, Innotet.
The new album, Will McNicol With Innotet: Volume 2, represents a deep and musically rich exploration of Will’s carefully curated guitar and string quartet instrumentation. Together with Innotet, Will weaves a beautiful and poignant collection of pieces together into a remarkable and endlessly listenable album. The record, half-speed mastered by Miles Showell, CD and digital download will be released on Friday 30th August 2024, from Vertere Records. Pre-orders are available now.
INTRODUCING WILL MCNICOL & INNOTET
Acoustic guitar with string quartet is an instrumentation that multi award-winning guitarist and composer, Will McNicol, has dreamed of exploring for years. Through this collaboration with Glasgow-based fiddle player and arranger Innes Watson, those dreams have become a reality.
Innotet is the string quartet formed specially for this project, and is comprised of some of the finest Scottish musicians in their respective fields:
Violin I: Seonaid Aitken
Violin II: Innes Watson
Viola: Patsy Reid
Cello: Alice Allen
Will McNicol with Innotet’s first single release, Emma, and first album, Volume One (released 2019), were met with praise from the likes of Classic FM describing their music as ‘such a beautiful sound’. Critically acclaimed performances at prestigious festivals such as Celtic Connections and Ullapool Guitar Festival, along with tracks being featured on prominent Spotify advertising campaigns and playlists, cemented the fact that Volume Two had to become a reality.
VOLUME TWO COMES TO LIFE
This second album, Volume Two, comprises 12 tracks, each originating as solo guitar compositions Will wrote over the course of five years. Innes and Will collaborated on the string arrangements over a course of months before hitting the studio (GloWorm Studios in Glasgow) in December 2023 to record the album.
They teamed up with recording and mixing engineer, Andrea Gobbi and set about creating the best possible record they could, buoyed by their experiences with Volume One. A central concept was the idea of the guitar becoming part of the ensemble, not simply using strings to accompany solo guitar pieces.
As vinyl specialists and record label, we at Veretere were on board from the beginning, with the intention of allowing a focus on creating the highest-possible quality vinyl record as an end result. Part of that process included half-speed mastering courtesy of world-renowned mastering engineer, Miles Showell.
ALBUM CREDITS
Recorded & Mixed by: Andrea Gobbi
Produced by: Will McNicol, Innes Watson and Andrea Gobbi
Mastered by: Miles Showell
Pre-order your copy of Will McNicol With Innotet: Volume 2 now on the link below.
