AQUALUNG

Aqualung consists of Matt Hales who is the inhabiting spirit of Aqualung, a musical space that he creates with the help of his wife Kim Oliver, with whom he co-writes and his brother Ben Hales, with whom he also co-writes and who plays guitars and bass.

Trained on keyboards as a young child in England, Matt Hales sings Aqualung's songs in a voice that convey equal parts vulnerability and a cool cerebral distance.

In addition, he plays innumerable instruments including, in his description, "piano, moogbass, broken synthesizer, glockenspiel, pretend orchestra, programming, harmonium, echo choir, electric guitar, Rhodes, stairwell drums, feedback, ghosts, sirens, vocoder, memoryman, noise".

His 2004 critically acclaimed US debut album 'Strange & Beautiful' brought Aqualung to the attention of Americans on the haunting power of his songs. This was a #1 Billboard Heatseekers album and has gone on to sell more than 250,000 copies
in the US.

'Memory Man' is the artist's first new set of songs since being named a VH1 'You Oughta Know' artist in late 2005.

Recommended if you like: Coldplay, U2, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Keane, David Gray, James Blunt, Jack Johnson, The Fray, Ben Folds Five, Jeff Buckley and Travis.

Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.