Leeds based electronic artist Alexander James releases his new single ‘Hands’ on September 8th through On’t Sofa Records Taken from his forthcoming EP ‘I M A K E M U S I C I F E E L T H I N G S I A M H U M A N’ due for release in October.

Sparse and emotive, ‘Hands’ builds to a rousing crescendo. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/whoisalexanderjames/03-hands-alex-partington-may-2016-mixes-a/s-wgFUf

Alexander James released his debut single ‘Faith’ earlier in 2017, which reached artist of the week on BBC Radio 1 including plays from Huw Stephens, Greg James and Scott Mills, the latter who proclaimed, “this sounds amazing”

Speaking about ‘Hands’ James explains “It was written about a time where I felt I could not do anything right by anyone or myself. I felt that all of my actions were catching up with me and that I was consumed by an overwhelming feeling of grief, regret and self-sabotage. Taking inspiration from my friends around me as well as we were going through varied issues but all left us feeling quite numb. ‘Hand’s is one of my favourite songs on the EP – I MA K E M U S I C I F E E L T H I N G S I A M H U M A N – because the song goes where it went naturally, no defined verse and no defined chorus meant that it was more progressive and fluid which replicates the emotions and feelings I felt in that time. I think a lot of people go through a loss of identity and this song really sums that up for me.”

Going on to speak about what influences his oeuvre, James says, “My influences are the feelings that I feel. I don’t like to say that I am, influenced by bands because I think there is a lot more to music than sounding like other people. It is an expression of how I feel and think and I can’t pin it down to one particular style.”

Alexander James is also a visual artist and has created the concept artwork to accompany the project.

Praise for Alexander James
Greg James (BBC Radio 1) – “ I really really really like this”
Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1) – “this sounds amazing”
BBC Leeds – “Well this sounds massive, can’t wait to hear what else he has got”

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