MISSION BELL -COLOURED-

William Fitzsimmons returns with a breakup story that is as heartbreakingly relatable as it is powerfully original...he doesn't overproduce or muck it up with unnecessary sounds - he simply tells the story, musically and lyrically, as it should be.?- Atwood Magazine??Singer-songwriter and music producer William Fitzsimmons' latest record, Mission Bell is a chronicling of the tumultuous last year of his life, particularly of the separation from his second wife. An initial version of the album was originally recorded in Fitzsimmons' home studio in the summer of 2017 but was subsequently abandoned during the course of, and as a result of, the separation.??In 2018 William traveled to Nashville, TN to start recording the album over from square one. Working with producer Adam Landry (Deer Tick, Los Lobos, k.d. Lang, Vanessa Carlton), Fitzsimmons spent a month's time rebuilding the lost record, with contributions from friends, including Abby Gundersen and Rosie Thomas. The resulting 11-song album tells the story of a decade-long marriage destroyed and eventually rebuilt from the ground up.??Mission Bell follows 2016's Live album and the Pittsburgh series, two mini-albums that tell the story of the grandmother he grew up with (Pittsburgh Volume 1) and the grandmother that he never knew because his father was orphaned as an infant (Charleroi: Pittsburgh Volume 2). Fitzsimmons' 2014 full-length Lions (produced by Chris Walla/Death Cab For Cutie) debuted at #2 on the Top New Artist Albums' chart, as well as Top 5 on the Folk Albums chart. Fitzsimmons' music has also been licensed to a wide variety of networks including ABC, NBC, MTV and has been featured in Billboard, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, Spin, NYLON Guys, Uncut, Q Magazine and American Songwriter Magazine.??1. Second Hand Smoke?2. Distant Lovers?3. 17 + Forever?4. Angela?5. In The Light?6. Lovely?7. Never Really Mind?8. Leave Her?9. Wait For Me?10. Afterlife