Dan Willson, better known by his stage name Withered Hand, is a Scottish indie rock musician. His first studio album, Good News, was released in 2009 in Scotland, and was re-released on March 15, 2011 on Absolutely Kosher Records in the United States.[1] His new album, entitled New Gods, will be released in February 2014 through Fortuna Pop Records in the UK and Slumberland Records in the USA,He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness in Scotland,[2] and was not permitted to attend school assemblies, birthday parties or Christmas celebrations.[3] He began his solo musical career at age 30, after one of his close friends died. As Withered Hand, the first song he wrote was "Cornflake". Willson studied at Art College in London, and moved to Edinburgh with his then-girlfriend, to whom he is now married, in 1996. He was guitarist in Edinburgh band Barrichello, which he joined in 1999. This band broke up amicably in 2002.[4] His second band was known as "Squits," and later became a short-lived art rock group named "Peanut." His wife gave him an acoustic guitar for his 30th birthday; Willson says when this happened it "stripped away lots of baggage