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Turning the page on his days as frontman of chart-conquering Camden four-piece Tribes, Lloyd has spent the years since their disbandment starting afresh, rebuilding, taking career risks and forging a new path of his own definition. On the long road to his debut solo album, Lloyd initially began forging close bonds with like-minds including Jamie T, Mike Crossey (The 1975, Hozier) and Hugo White (The Maccabees), all of whom would help him to release two solo EPs in close succession: 2016's Dreamland and 2017's Eden. With the EPs warmly received and the reaction fervent at the 200+ live shows across the globe in support of the releases, public appetite was clearly ripe for his debut album.
Checking into a 10 ft. square bunker in north London in late 2018 with producer Nathan Coen, the pair began to flesh out the bones of the record, operating with a hard-and-fast rule for each recorded track to be completed in "no more than three takes." Though often a challenging process, the results as such were remarkable. With its rawest, purest and most endearing qualities perfectly preserved, the collection of tracks began to glisten like diamonds in the rough. Dusted with finishing touches from Frank Turner, Hugo White (The Maccabees) and Adam Prendergast of Harry Styles's band, these esteemed guest appearances finessed the album with a touch of magic and drew the album into crystalline focus. Adding a last touch of class, the album was mastered at the infamous Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright in late 2018.
Rich with personal renovations and revelations inspired by a whirlwind of changes in Lloyd's life over the past few years, the intimate and mature songs of the album tackle growth, getting sober and becoming a father, in a record that earnestly witnesses this songwriter enter back into the spotlight and truly come of age.
Johnny Lloyd will be making the following U.S. appearances next month. Dates below.
MAY
15 - New York, NY - Rockwood Stage II
17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café (w/ Skinny Lister)
18 - Asbury Park, NJ - House of Independents (w/ Skinny Lister)
19 - Boston, MA - House of Blues (Frank Turner's Lost Evenings III)
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