Pre-Release
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- 4 OCT 2024
- 11 Songs
- Chaos and the Calm · 2014
- Chaos and the Calm · 2014
- Changes All The Time · 2024
- Electric Light · 2018
- Chaos and the Calm (Deluxe Version) · 2015
- Chaos and the Calm · 2014
- Chaos and the Calm (Deluxe Version) · 2015
- Oh My Messy Mind - EP · 2019
- Electric Light · 2018
- Leap · 2022
Essential Albums
- On his debut full-length, the nascent English singer/songwriter fulfils the promise of his early recordings with a collection of lushly arranged rock he recorded in Nashville alongside GRAMMY®-winning producer Jacquire King. The soulful “Let It Go” features a hypnotic guitar melody and stunning vocal performance, while shades of Bruce Springsteen can be heard in the windows-down rush of “Get Out While You Can”. Elsewhere, Bay’s voice cuts through the Fleetwood Mac–like swing of “If You Ever Want to Be in Love” with veteran aplomb.
Artist Playlists
- He delivers intimate rock songs with gospel sincerity.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
- Lovestruck folkish songs in the troubadour tradition.
Appears On
- Alesso & Marshmello
More To Hear
- The English singer delivers "Slide" off Electric Light.
- The singer FaceTimes in to talk "Pink Lemonade," plus Gengahr.
- "Faded Love" from Tinashe feat. Future. James Bay interview.
About James Bay
Everything about James Bay comes from the heart, starting with his quivering, emotional singing on 2014’s breakthrough power ballad “Hold Back the River”. Raised in the Hertfordshire town of Hitchin, the singer/songwriter (born James Michael Bay in 1990) began learning guitar at age 11 before moving to Brighton at 18 to study classical guitar while developing his live chops on the open-mic circuit. Even after opening for Taylor Swift on her 1989 tour, Bay appeared no less humble. That everyman sincerity shapes the organic, gospel-like builds that mark his 2015 debut album, Chaos and the Calm, as well as 2018’s stylistically ambitious Electric Light. “I’ve pushed my own boundaries and explored sounds I hadn’t touched on in the past,” he told Apple Music. Produced by Paul Epworth (Adele, Rihanna), that far-reaching second album takes inspiration from rock contemporaries like The Black Keys and The War on Drugs while adding beaming synths and hip-hop-style skits. Yet when the record closes with a passage from Allen Ginsberg’s love poem “Song”, it’s clear we’re still hearing the sensitive soul who has built his brand on meaningful songcraft.
- HOMETOWN
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
- BORN
- 4 September 1990
- GENRE
- Alternative