It blew my mind. The video is pretty uncomfortable viewing.
So this is a young British guy called Keaton Henson. Everything on the track is him - the writing, guitar work and singing. A friend of mine was over tonight and I put some Nick Drake on, which led him to recommend this to me - I sort of see why he made that connection. I've just done a bit of research. Henson suffers from crippling anxiety which means he has played very few gigs, and the above video is not staged in the slightest - he found being in front of the camera, doing a promotional video for his own music, so terrifying that he walked off in tears half-way through. Apparently the flares being fired from the boat were only supposed to be in the background. It's heartbreaking, but also so incredibly powerful - and I really like the song too.
- "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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