When we’re kids, before we get to school and start to get hemmed in by society’s expectations, we don’t have the inhibitions that start to follow us around and start to influence our words, our actions, the clothes we wear, the way we cut our hair (although that’s not really been an issue for me for decades). I think this is also relevant in music –artists wrestling with breaking new ground or out of a genre for, for example, fear of alienating fans and it can make their music feel like their soul isn’t really in it. I do get the reasons why – sometimes! Personally, I’ve struggled myself over the years with inhibitions, worrying about what people think and it can be debilitating.

Brad’s music feels extremely uninhibited and completely natural, putting its languid groove on, meandering its way through the haze that makes you stop and think about how the fuck have we sleep walked into allowing our lives to be so complicated. His music makes me think of what humanity means, it’s the sound of friends, partners, acquaintances, strangers, slowing life down so it can be enjoyed, lighting the candles, singing, talking, drinking, eating crisps… in that after hours bar, wherever.

His latest record is called In The Midst of You and it’s out on 26 January and it’s my favourite of his.

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