London-based alt singer-songwriter A.A. Williams has produced some of the most hauntingly melancholic but beautiful sounds to have hit the UK underground in recent years. Her own tastes range from clattering industrial to 90s alternative rock to OTT horror metal - and everything in between. With that in mind, we asked her to make us a playlist and tell us all about it.
“My parents brought me the VHS of QUEEN Live At Wembley when I was six or seven and obviously it’s mindblowingly good. Who Wants To Live Forever is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. They also brought me the piano book for that release, it was a two-pronged attack: ‘You can enjoy this, but you’ve also got to learn it.’ It was my introduction to really good songwriting and I’ve internalised that.
