george ezra

the debut album from the bristol-bred singer-songwriter serves as a fine showcase for Ezra's bluesy vocal & his seemingly effortless way with a desolate but nonetheless rousing tune.

apparently influenced by Bob Dylan & Woody Guthrie, he sounds like a poppier, sunnier take on the rough country hues of willy mason or ray lamontagne - his warm & deeply affecting gravelly voice is backed by simple guitar. a quite ordinary looking young man with a quite extraordinary voice. "It’s definitely a fun sounding album,” says Ezra, “Probably because it was such fun to make”. "freakishly mature pipes paired with a scaled-down folk-blues palette" - The Guardian