Three years after his debut record, James Walker returns with an evocative, spacious, and ethereal alt-pop release entitled Great Deceiver.
Citing Copeland’s Ixora, Sufjan Stevens’ The Ascension, and Porches‚ The House as sonic inspiration, James describes Great Deceiver as a “reflection on what it is to be in a relationship with longing, on dealing with issues of attachment and entanglement, queerness and shame, coping with loss and grief, and on finding strength within our faults”.
James Walker began his career as a session musician, performing across Europe with Adam Barnes, Matt Simons and Chris Ayer. After overcoming a long battle with a chronic heart-lung condition, James decided to work on solo material, and debuted English Bones in 2017, which went on to receive millions of cross-platform streams, and glowing reviews in The Huffington Post, Ear to the Ground, etc.