James Bay

It’s been three years since James Bay crashed onto the music scene with his debut album Chaos and the Calm and single Hold Back The River, which seems to have been just about everywhere ever since.

The crooner for the hipster generation has now released his second studio album and has stepped away from the acoustic guitars and into a room of mellow soul and rousing gospel voices.

One thing is certain: Bay is growing as an artist and within the constraints of Electric Light he has embraced his influences, not shying away from a true pop song in In My Head (think Mika, but serious).

8/10