[3] Other musicians who played with Williams in these early days included drummer Bryan Lee and bassists Calin Stephensen and Craig Murray.

[16] Vinyl Williams' debut studio album, Lemniscate, was released on November 12, 2012, by No Pain in Pop in Europe and self-released in North America.

The Guardian gave the album a positive 4 out of 5 rating,[2] while Pitchfork critic Patric Fallon said, "Lionel 'Vinyl' Williams' retro-obsessed psych-pop is obscured in lo-fi tape hiss, riddled with microphone distortions, and sounds as if it was crafted purely from the dust lifted off of Can records.

[22] No Pain in Pop released the "Stellarscope" single on March 1, 2013, including a Europa51 remix featuring ex-Stereolab member Andy Ramsay.

[1] The album's lead single, "World Soul", premiered on April 29 on Stereogum, and was described as a "clinic on layering synths and electro atmospheric sounds".

[28] It included the singles "Riddles of the Sphinx" and "L'Quasar", and was followed by a 8/10 review by Clash stating "Brunei brings things into sharper focus.

"[29] A fourth album, Opal, was released by the French label Requiem Pour Un Twister on July 20, 2018, preceded by the singles "Lansing" and "Noumena" and a 360-degree video for "Aphelion".

The group's latest LP, is 11 bright, burgeoning psychedelic pop songs borne from the seeds of bands like The Zombies, Can, and Dungen.

[42] Williams has directed interactive & non-interactive music videos for other groups such as Tears for Fears, Medicine[43] and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.