Londoner John Joseph Brill left the capital – and his heavy-rock-band past – and moved to Liverpool in 2013 where he holed up with a pile of Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie records in an attempt to find his true voice. The result was the Pieces EP – four songs of soul-bearing intimacy and sonic intensity all hung around Brill’s brandy-warm baritone. It was released on Killing Moon in February 2015 to critical acclaim, gaining support from Radio 1, 6 Music and Beats 1, with Brill rounding off a busy summer with crowd-pulling sets at Reading and Leeds on the BBC Introducing stage. His electrifying live shows, the most recent supporting Richard Hawley, have won fans across the country and his first nationwide headline tour kicks off in November. A new EP, recorded at Liverpool’s Elevator Studios, is due in the new year. 

Ahead of the EP release, he’s previewed a new track – ‘The Grape and The Grain’. Listen below.

Speaking about it he explains “It’s a very personal song about loss. The loss of a lover, the loss of a future but at the same time its tinged with hope. That naïve, yet charming hope that maybe, just maybe if I don’t think about it for long enough then the fucked up thing might not happen.”  

The track is available as a free download from his website.  

Upcoming live shows 
9.11.15 – LONDON – Dalston Victoria
14.11.15 – LEEDS – High & Lonesome Festival
15.11.15 – BRISTOL – Crofter’s Rights
17.11.15 – MANCHESTER – Gulliver’s

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