Lewis Watson (04/04/2013)
With his smooth tunes and down-to-earth personality it isn’t surprising that Lewis Watson is really coming up in the music industry. After just releasing his third EP, The Wild, Watson has announced he will be making the 23-hour flight to Australian shores in April, and playing eight shows with British songstress Birdy.
This time around Watson has opted for a new sound, and after confessing a love for “the sound of a band behind me” it’s easy to understand where it came from. Instead of his smooth vocals holding the song, now they are neatly matched with a full-band sound behind it. For long time fans this may be a bit of a shock, but you don’t get anywhere in the industry without taking a risk.
As Watson says, “It’s really just about taking a chance and knowing that it mightn’t be exactly what you want it to be once you’ve done whatever it is. I’d rather take the risk and do it, than regret not doing it and wander what would have happened.”
Since his first trip to Australia, Watson not only performed several “Guerrilla shows” but busked outside of the Sydney Opera House as well. In just under a year Watson will go from busking outside of the venue to playing inside it, he also says that, “these are going to be the biggest shows I’ve played ever, so it’s a fantastic thing to be able to do them on the other side of the world”.
Slowly but surely Watson is piling up his successes in the industry. Not only did his first EP top sales by Adele and Madonna on the singer-songwriter chart for a day, but he has also managed to work with big-name recorders and producers who have worked with the likes of The Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs and Florence and The Machine.
There can be no doubt that Watson gives his all to his fans, and this was seen when he released his first EP and promised a mammoth task of personally illustrating the first thousand purchased. Not only did he have to draw a thousand images but some weird requests, one being “a lama with a moustache and a top hat playing a guitar”. Another reason for this elaborate idea was to help push the physical form of music.
“I did [it] really to push the physical things. I love physical music and I think that more people should be getting into it now, because today you can just download and delete music albums whenever you want. But I think if you have the physical things you can give it a second chance. So if it doesn’t click with you the first time you’ll be able to live with it for a little bit, and it’ll become your favourite album,” said Watson.
Although Lewis isn’t sure whether it will be another EP or debut LP that is next on the cards there’s no question that something will follow The Wild, and with his passion and sudden rise in the industry it mightn’t be too far away.
Amanda Sherring
This time around Watson has opted for a new sound, and after confessing a love for “the sound of a band behind me” it’s easy to understand where it came from. Instead of his smooth vocals holding the song, now they are neatly matched with a full-band sound behind it. For long time fans this may be a bit of a shock, but you don’t get anywhere in the industry without taking a risk.
As Watson says, “It’s really just about taking a chance and knowing that it mightn’t be exactly what you want it to be once you’ve done whatever it is. I’d rather take the risk and do it, than regret not doing it and wander what would have happened.”
Since his first trip to Australia, Watson not only performed several “Guerrilla shows” but busked outside of the Sydney Opera House as well. In just under a year Watson will go from busking outside of the venue to playing inside it, he also says that, “these are going to be the biggest shows I’ve played ever, so it’s a fantastic thing to be able to do them on the other side of the world”.
Slowly but surely Watson is piling up his successes in the industry. Not only did his first EP top sales by Adele and Madonna on the singer-songwriter chart for a day, but he has also managed to work with big-name recorders and producers who have worked with the likes of The Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs and Florence and The Machine.
There can be no doubt that Watson gives his all to his fans, and this was seen when he released his first EP and promised a mammoth task of personally illustrating the first thousand purchased. Not only did he have to draw a thousand images but some weird requests, one being “a lama with a moustache and a top hat playing a guitar”. Another reason for this elaborate idea was to help push the physical form of music.
“I did [it] really to push the physical things. I love physical music and I think that more people should be getting into it now, because today you can just download and delete music albums whenever you want. But I think if you have the physical things you can give it a second chance. So if it doesn’t click with you the first time you’ll be able to live with it for a little bit, and it’ll become your favourite album,” said Watson.
Although Lewis isn’t sure whether it will be another EP or debut LP that is next on the cards there’s no question that something will follow The Wild, and with his passion and sudden rise in the industry it mightn’t be too far away.
Amanda Sherring