James Bay has stated he’s begun work on a brand new album which he hopes will “showcase his guitar taking part in”.
The artist has stated he’s set to return to his extra guitar-oriented roots for the follow-up to final yr’s ‘Leap’, reminiscent of his days of taking part in open mic nights when he was first beginning out as a musician.
In an interview with Guitar.com, he stated: “With all my heroes, lots of my favorite work of theirs was recorded within the first or second take. It had that kind of carefree [nature], ‘Let’s simply do it. Emote and transfer on to the subsequent factor.’ I’m making an attempt to try this for the time being.”
He continued: “[Recording an album] piece by piece by piece? I’ve completed that quite a bit. I completely respect it, it actually labored for me previously. But these days, I’ve been standing in entrance of a microphone with my acoustic guitar, like I used to do on an open-mic night time. I’m simply singing the tune in. No click on. Nothing. Just a efficiency. And it’s enjoyable! It’s kind of liberating to not must kind of stress over all of the minute particulars.”
Bay additionally stated he’s hoping to hone in on his guitar abilities extra on his subsequent report. “I do see myself transferring in the direction of showcasing extra guitar taking part in in my songs. So possibly [fans’ perceptions] will change as time goes by … but it surely depends upon what the songs dictate.
“The songs are nonetheless a very powerful factor to me, what the melody is doing, what the lyrics are saying, the efficiency and the supply of the tune. But I’ll at all times get up on stage with a guitar in my hand, so I believe, within the studio, I’m gonna give myself just a little bit extra to do with the guitar.”
In a four-star evaluation of ‘Leap’, NME stated: “It’s a daring, confident assortment of songs about satisfaction. Bay has by no means sounded so certain of himself.”
