Billy Fuller is a founding member of Beak> and has played bass in Massive Attack, Robert Plant’s Sensational Space Shifters, Baxter Dury’s band and more. He’s only just got around to making his first solo album, Fragments, which will be out this Friday, April 3 via Invada Records.
You can get a taste of Fragments with “Tailgates & Ratchet Straps,” a bit of dirgey indie rock. “‘Tailgates & Ratchet Straps’ is a tongue in cheek song about getting older, pessimism about the music industry and a pleading message of regret to Europe from this sad old island,” he says. The video was made by Portishead and Beak> collaborator John Minton, who recently made his directorial debut with Invada Films’ first full-length feature film GAME which was co-written by Geoff Barrow and to which Fuller contributed some a cappella singing to the soundtrack. You can watch that, and listen to a couple other songs off the record, below.
FRAGMENTS:
1. Rummer
2. Three Blind Mice
3. Penny Bont
4. Budfrey Robbed Alexander
5. I Can’t
6. Tailgates & Ratchet Straps
7. Todo
8. Blackstar
9. On The Eve
10. Something Else
11. Whammy
12. Won A Synth
13. Pirate Ship
14. Bonanza
15. Full Fat
16. Last Train To Yatton
Billy’s also got a few solo dates lined up in June and those are listed below…
Billy Fuller – 2026 Tour Dates
Thursday 11th June – Brighton, Dust
Saturday 13th June – Rennes, PIes Pala Pop
Tuesday 16th June – London, Lexington
Thursday 18th June – Glasgow, Hug & Pint
Friday 19th June – Leeds, Brudenell
Thursday 25th June – Bristol, Strange Brew