In the hills of East Alabama, Willem Maker spent the past decade honing his songwriting skills in virtual secrecy, but in 2007, he chose to step beyond bedroom demos and occasional acoustic performances to release Stars Fell On, a rock record of a debut which was recorded and mixed entirely at his own Foxhole studio on Turkey Heaven Mountain. The disc, originally released by Makerworks Recordings on May 15th, 2007, was reissued by Big Legal Mess Records (Fat Possum) on September 2nd, 2008, in anticipation of a new full-length for the label tentatively entitled New Moon Hand. The late summer, early autumn sessions for this sophomore effort will push Maker far from the idyllic comforts of his secluded home studio, with adventurous collaborations set to take place in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and years of international touring sure to follow the album’s 2009 release . . . Listen at Last.fm