American singer-songwriter Wolfgang Valbrun has followed in the footsteps of soul music greats and delivered an outstanding debut album of leftfield soul and blues “Flawed By Design”.
After moving from New York to France in his teens Wolfgang found favour on the Paris circuit before being recruited as lead singer for avant-garde UK soul and jazz band ephemerals.
With ephemerals he toured the world and attracted a fervent following (as well as many millions of streams). Alongside ephemerals he also performed and wrote for French hip hop and soul legend GUTS after a chance meeting when they played the same stage at Glastonbury.
Having made the decision to write and record under his own name, Wolfgang assembled a crack team of players from across his previous projects and began writing and recording in the UK with his predominantly Bristol based band.
Flawed by Design came out in May 2024 and was rapturously reviewed. Launch shows in Paris and London followed by UK festival appearances further won over new fans.
Denying The Truth is the first material since the album was released and this recording comes from the original Bristol sessions for the album.
Wolf and the band re-recorded the song during the album sessions at Rockfield studios but as is often the case it was the original version that continued to be everyone’s favourite.
The song starts with just Wolf and acoustic guitar building to his virtuoso band dropping in half way through the song with a muscle shoals style country soul backing.
Like all the best ones, the song is a tale of unrequited love and is the perfect showcase for Wolf’s incredible voice.
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