William The Conqueror : Maverick ThinkerWilliam The Conqueror have paid their damn dues. Like the sportsman cutting chipped teeth in the lower leagues before shooting to the very top, this band have lugged all the amps, placated the in house sound guy for an easier life, their nails dirty, their hair unkempt. Enough. Except it's never enough, because despite their slinky, swampy, razor sharp, blues drenched, guitar thrashed alt. rock songs that form new album, 'Maverick Thinker' and suggest

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Ready for Love (Interlude) - Lucky Daye

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