Sons of Bill is a band from Charlottesville, Virginia[1] founded by brothers Sam, Abe, and James Wilson, along with bassist Seth Green and drummer Todd Wellons.

[4] The seeds of Sons of Bill formed in 2005 when James Wilson graduated from Deep Springs College in California and moved back to Virginia.

On his way home he visited his older brother Sam Wilson who was living in Brooklyn, NY playing guitar in a rock band and free-lancing as a jazz guitarist.

Upon returning home that summer, James began playing those same songs with his other older brother Abe Wilson at parties and open mic nights around Charlottesville and the idea of forming a band was hatched.

Track Listing Personnel Sons of Bill Additional performers In the Fall of 2013 the band entered Creative Workshop studios in Nashville, Tennessee[8] with Ken Coomer (formerly of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) to record ten songs for a new album.

In conjunction with a tour of Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK in February and March 2014, the band released The Gears EP in Europe only on Blue Rose Records.

[9] Brightest Young Things called the lead single from the album, "Believer/Pretender," "an absolute stunner, a sweeping piece of ‘80s-tinged guitar rock that recalls the sounds of New Order, The War on Drugs, and R.E.M., while still being unmistakably Sons of Bill.