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James Bay – Chaos The Calm
Joanne Ford
James Bay has proved critics right with his debut album,
showcasing his soulful voice and powerful guitar to match. After winning Critics
Choice at the Brit Award this year, he had a lot to live up to, and his debut
album shows that he has.
Songs on the album show his expressive voice to the best of
his ability, with lots of tracks on the album taking inspiration from gospel
choirs, like ‘When We Were On Fire’ and ‘If You Ever Wanted to Be in Love’.
No
gimmicks have been used in making this album, it’s simply showing off his raw
talent, it shows a timeless singer/songwriter not trying to be flashy, doing
what he loves.
You can feel his passion through listening to this album ‘Move Together’ is hauntingly beautiful and shares real emotions and life experiences
listeners can relate to.
This album isn't just ballads, it includes mixes of
modern, acoustic, guitar music music
with soul beats. His debut single ‘Hold Back The River’ let
the public know he wasn't just about ballads, it was the perfect mix between
emotive and easy listening, he has recreated this mix in ‘We Were on Fire’ and
‘If You Ever Want to Be in Love’.
James Bay’s voice is so smooth, but he
successfully manages to make fun music.
James Bay’s debut album shows a lot of promise for the
future, proving he isn’t the classic singer/songwriter by including aspects
from different genres.
There a lot of totally deserved hype about James Bay, it will be interesting to see how he progresses!
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