middle of somewhere
After six years of silence, Williamson finally returns with his most vulnerable, honest, rock-driven album yet.
Release date: September 19, 2020
The Garden of Eden
Get Along (feat. Emma Rose Williamson)
Thin Ice
Voice Mail
What If I’m Hurt Again
Hello Sun
Thought of You
Your Way
Tracie Grace
Kind of Expensive
Switch
Middle of Somewhere
CREDITS
Produced by Garrett Williamson
Co-produced by Chase Akers (3)
Written by Garrett Williamson (all tracks), Chase Weimer (7),
Chase Akers (10), & Emma Rose Williamson (10)
Recorded by Garrett Williamson at Gar-Art Studios*†º
Mixed by Garrett Williamson at Gar-Art Studios
Mastered by John Mayfield at Mayfield Mastering
Lead & backing vocals by Garrett Williamson (all tracks) & Emma Rose Williamson (2, 10)
Extra backing vocals by Jordan Etienne (2) & Chase Akers (10)
Rhythm & backing guitars:
Chase Akers (2-3, 10-11)
Bennett Roach (1, 5, 7)
Addison Bean (6)
Joshua Taipale (9)
Lead / solo guitars:
Bennett Roach (3, 5, 7)
Joshua Taipale (8, 11)
Acoustic guitars by Bennett Roach (1, 6, 12)
Bass guitar by Chase Weimer (6-7)
Drums:
Garrett Williamson (5)
Scott Williamson (6)
Keys, synths, & programming:
Garrett Williamson (all tracks)
Chase Akers (3)
Orchestral programming & arrangement by Chapman Hammond (9)
Brass by Jordan Etienne (2)
Voice-mailers (order of appearance):
Shane Mesa
Jonathan Stout
Chase Akers
Tracie Williamson
Radio DJ played by Luke Sizemore (6)
”Andy’s Boot” by Therapy Project: Sample of a piece by Paul Henry Wilmuth (6)
Album photo by Jonathan Stout
*Extra guitars on track 3 recorded at Chase Akers
†Drums on tracks 5 & 6 recorded at The Carpal Tunnel, Spring Hill TN
ºSolo guitars on tracks 8 & 11 recorded at Joshua Taipale
Special Thanks:
Luke Sizemore, for your invaluable & lovingly honest feedback over the course of this project. Your brilliant ear for things & constant strive of “less is more” has improved my music tenfold. I can’t thank you enough. You’re an amazing friend. Mom & Dad, for raising me so well. Such a simple & typical "thank you”, yet it is one of the most important and best things a person can do. I love you both more than I can say. Chase Akers & Chipper Hammond, your talents cannot be stressed enough. You guys are geniuses. I’m so blessed & thankful to have met both of you & to call you great friends. Joshua Taipale, I’m so thankful to know you. You’re both incredibly talented & just a great friend. Love nerding out with you. Chase Weimer, I love you because you’re my cousin (& because you’re an absolutely incredible friend and you’ve got some sick basslines). Bennett Roach, we’ve known each other nearly our entire lives and I’m so happy to still call you one of my closest friends. Your unique musicality shines through this record. Love you, bro. Jonathan Stout, for taking my challenging idea & smashing it out of the ballpark. You killed it, dude. And extra thanks for being so incredibly supportive of this project. Emma Rose, your skills are on some level in another galaxy, but you’ll always be my little sister no matter what and regardless of if you were the best singer I’ve ever worked with or not, you’re awesome & I love you so much. But turns out you’re the best singer I’ve ever worked with so that’s a plus. All the players on this record: you’re the reason it is what it is, and I cannot thank you guys enough. This album would absolutely not be possible without you all; not a chance. The entire Williamson family, for being the best family I could ask for. Truly. I love you all dearly. The Owens family, for your love & support over the course of these six years, & for entrusting me with your precious and incredible daughter, who I am beyond blessed to call my wife. I can’t believe I’m at the point in my life in which I’m married, but here we are. Tracie Williamson, I love you more than you know. Thank you for loving me despite all of my flaws, & for sticking with me. Thank you for your amazing support of my ambitions and this project over the very long stretch of time it took to finish it. You’ve made me a better person & you’ve shaped this album into what it is. You are absolutely amazing.
I want to especially thank my grandfather, who I called “Pops”, for being such an inspiring man and one of the most important figures in my life. Not only are you an unmatchably genius musician (& human being in general), but you are one of the wisest people I’ve ever known. You didn’t talk much, but when you did, it was perhaps the most important thing spoken that day. You will forever inspire me and I hope to be more like you as I grow older and eventually become a grandfather myself. I can’t wait to see you again one day & sing in your heavenly choir. Every day is one day closer.
Lastly, thank You God for giving me the incredible gift of music. I know music is in my genes, but I couldn’t do any of what I’m doing now without being blessed with this gift from You. Thank You for Your greatest gift, Jesus Christ & what He did for me. I don’t have words to describe how thankful I am, because it will never be enough. I love You, Jesus.