Biography
Harvey Williams played an understated yet pivotal part in shaping the achievements of the celebrated British indie imprint Sarah Records, cutting several of its initial singles via the Another Sunny Day moniker before later joining its flagship act the Field Mice. Raised in the vicinity of Cornwall, England, he launched the Another Sunny Day project with the 1988 Sarah flexi-disc “Anorak City,” the label’s third offering, which was followed that July by the proper single “I’m in Love With a Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist,” an underground favorite. In February 1989 he relocated to London after taking a BBC position, after which another sequence of Another Sunny Day 7"s appeared across the ensuing three years—“You Should All Be Murdered,” “What’s Happened,” “Rio,” “Genetic Engineering,” and “New Year’s Honours”—culminating in Sarah’s 1992 release of the London Weekend compilation. Shortly following his arrival in the capital, Williams also took up lead guitar and keyboard roles with the Field Mice, first appearing on record with the band via the two-part 1990 EP The Autumn Store. Once the Field Mice disbanded the next year, he moved into a supporting position with fellow Sarah outfit Blueboy. His solo path resumed in 1994 via the 10" Rebellion, issued under his own name and marking a shift toward a spare, keyboard-centered sound away from the guitar-driven pop of his Another Sunny Day work. Following Sarah’s closure, Williams briefly reunited with ex-Field Mice singer Bobby Wratten in the latter’s Trembling Blue Stars endeavor and contributed to sessions by artists ranging from Saint Etienne to Shampoo. He delivered the mini-LP California in 1998 and, the year after, toured Sweden backed by former Holiday frontman Josh Gennet. Also in 1999, he returned to Trembling Blue Stars, now on a full-time basis.