Adam Stafford

Adam Stafford (born 24 February 1982) is a musician and filmmaker from Falkirk, Scotland. Adam Stafford [ 1 ] is probably best known for being the lead singer and song writer with critically acclaimed Scottish band Yall is Fantasy Island [ 2 ] and as an award winning short film maker. Stafford was born in Sunderland, England in 1982, his Mother was a Civic secretary and his Father a fireman. In 1986 a young Adam moved to Falkirk, Central Scotland where he grew up. Stafford and his wife now reside in Glasgow. Music [ edit ] Having released music as Yall is Fantasy Island since 2001 as a solo project, Stafford added various members to augment his alternative folk sound. The group announced that they would be splitting up in March 2010. To date they have released 4 albums. Stafford has released a number of Solo LPs including "Awnings" (2009), "Miniature Porcelain Horse Emporium" (2010) and mini album "Music in the Mirabel" (2010) which is a collection of covers and re-workings with tracks ranging from Daniel Johnston to Austrian Poet Georg Trakl . On these releases Stafford experiments with vocal looping and textural soundscapes. He was quoted as saying "Id been experimenting with looping and layering vocals before – inspired, primarily, by Steve Reich s vocal arrangements on Music For 18 Musicians and Edinburgh artist Wounded Knee." In August 2011 Stafford issued the album "Build a Harbour Immediately" which was produced by Paul Savage in Chem19 Studios in Hamilton. The LP was released to great acclaim in Scotland and made many end-of-year polls in the on-line community. The album perfectly blended what Stafford had been experimenting with thus far: atmospheric acoustic folk and a cappela experimentalism with an unusual sway for melodic, hook-laden pop choruses. 2012 proved to be just as busy a year for artistic output. In April Stafford issued a split 7" single with Phantom Band singer Rick Redbeard entitled " Now Were Dancing/Vanishing Tanks " on Gerry Loves Records and in August he produced (as well as contributing) a EP cassette with the Falkirk outfit Sweethearts of The Prison Rodeo entitled "Welcome/Vessel Shifted". Staffords side consisted of four minimal guitar instrumentals written for film. Stafford has announced that he will be releasing his new LP Imaginary Walls Collapse via Song, by Toad Records and Kingfisher Bluez in North America in July 2013. The album will be issued on 12″ vinyl and download. The set includes contributions from Stafford regular (engineer and co-producer) Robbie Lesiuk, Siobhan Wilson, Anna Miles (Maple Leaves), Matt Brennan (Zoey Van Goey) and Ben Hillman (Over The Wall) and displays a more propulsive, electric sound reflective of Staffords intense live performances.