From the dust of the pandemic emerged a new force in Chicago’s underground
music scene: William Is. He broke ground with his debut Listen Every Day (2021), a
largely instrumental work built around the Golden Ratio in both microtonal pitch
and spatial/temporal design.

Amidst a string of standalone singles, William released his art-rock opus Roadstar (2023)
which quickly ascended to the top 5 of the CHIRP Radio chart in Chicago- buoyed
by the urban-rock love song and ode to the city’s north-south corridor, “Ashland.”

On November 28, 2025, he will release two companion records: THE ANGEL & THE
ALIEN, and its extended counterpart THE ANGEL & THE ALIEN [VEGA EDITION],
featuring longer- and occasionally definitive versions of the same tracks. Together,
they form a dual vision of heartbreak and transcendence, straddling the porous line
between alternate realities.

THE ANGEL & THE ALIEN is now available exclusively on Harmonic.