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Biography
refimprove|date=February 2012update|date=February 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Trespassers William| image = Trespasserswilliam.jpg|Trespasserswilliam| caption = | image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin =| genre = Indie rock Dream pop Shoegazing | years_active = 1997& ndash;2012| label = Nettwerk|Nettwerk Records Bella Union Gizeh Records| associated_acts = Lotte Kestner Disinterested Ormonde| website = http://www.trespasserswilliam.com| current_members = Matt Brown (musician)|Matt Brown Anna-Lynne Williams | past_members =| notable_instruments = Trespassers William was an indie rock / dream pop band known for its ethereal music. Originally from Southern California , they moved to the Wallingford, Seattle, Washington|Sodo / Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington|Capitol Hill area of Seattle, Washington|Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington .cite news | first=John | last=Richards | url= http://kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx? rID=3146& pID=528& fID=1120& date=1120 | title=Interview with Trespassers William | date=February 28, 2006 | publisher=KEXP, Seattle, WA
History
Formed in Orange County, California in 1997, Trespassers William released four albums and two E.P.'s. Anchor (album)|Anchor (1999) appeared on Sonikwire|Sonikwire Records and is now out of print. Different Stars was self-released in 2002 and was re-released twice — most recently on Nettwerk|Nettwerk Records on October 19, 2004. In early 2004, the band moved to Seattle. Their third album, Having , (mixed by the Flaming Lips producer, Dave Fridmann) was released on February 28, 2006. The band toured the United States and Europe several times, including a U.K. tour with Damien Rice and a festival appearance in Spain with Morrissey. The band's music attracted modest press coverage and exposure, most notably in British magazines such as NME and Uncut and was featured on such television shows as One Tree Hill , The O.C. , Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Felicity (TV series)|Felicity , and movies such as A Love Song for Bobby Long and Annapolis (film)|Annapolis .
The band disbanded at the beginning of 2012. A B-sides and rarities collection is scheduled to be released on Saint Marie records in 2012. Anna-Lynne Williams continues to write and record as Lotte Kestner and one half of the duo Ormonde. Matt Brown (musician)|Matt Brown is working on more Disinterested material and is playing with and producing several other groups.
Band name origin
Trespassers William's name is from a Winnie-the-Pooh tale, Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle by A.A. Milne :
"Next to Piglet's house was a piece of broken board which had: "TRESPASSERS W" on it. When Christopher Robin asked the Piglet what it meant, he said it was his grandfather's name…short for Trespassers Will, which was short for Trespassers William. And his grandfather had had two names in case he lost one — Trespassers after an uncle, and William after Trespassers."cite book | title=Winnie the Pooh, Chapter 3...in which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle | url= http://books.google.com/books? id=ZFPXNNtVYF0C& printsec=frontcover& cad=0#v=onepage& q& f=false | accessdate=April 13, 2011
