Saying goodbye to the role of frontman with a successful band, and striking out alone. However, when the Camden four-piece Tribes split at the end of last year, vocalist and songwriter Johnny Lloyd was not one for moping around, instead he set about working on his debut solo EP.
'Pilgrims', recorded on an 8- track and produced by Blaine Harrison (Mystery Jets), was the result of that, with the four tracks appearing as a package last month; this following an acoustic outing with The Dins' guitarist Nick Grimes at Dot-to-Dot and a supporting The Kooks on tour across Europe.
The four reflective songs, worked around guitar and vocals, with a touch of synth here and a little percussion there, are laid-back and unhurried; nostalgic, mellow.
Anyone expecting a sound resembling that of his former posting with Tribes (indie, rock, anthemic), would have been rather surprised. This was something of a new Lloyd, sounding - both lyrically as much as musically - as if he has pulled up the roots of his former plantlings, turned over the soil and set about creating an entirely new Lloyd stock sound.
This week Lloyd unveiled a new track, 'Happy Humans', a song which is apparently the title track of his next EP. Aside from a vocal chorus that rejoices in “happy humans in love", it is perhaps even more basic than that contained on the first EP. Still retaining a light blues touch and a somewhat careworn drawl, it is a fairly basic, stripped back acoustic number.
'Happy Humans' is out on August 11 and will be available on free download.
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