Lewis James from Manchester, England has been producing lo-fi indie pop in his room and other places since 2019. His debut EP features both the catchy choruses of ready-made bop It's Off (Then It's On Again) and the spoken-word melancholy of the track Medicine. He went on later that same year to release his first full-length and self-produced LP: How Can You Be Sad When You're High and You're Dancing? which the Manchester Evening News writes: constantly keeps you on your toes with unpredictable, kaleidoscopic songwriting – one minute dabbling in heavyweight hip-hop, the next visceral electro, before segueing into lo-fi, soulful sounds. His second LP: everything i didn’t say before, released in July of 2020, showed James had developed his sound even further. Channelling artists the likes of The 1975, Depeche Mode and Troye Sivan, James crafted a more synth-driven and 80’s inspired sound that in-turn formed his best and equally most personal work to date.
