Tongues in Trees

Under The Bed

It's Going To Be OK

Let Go

Leap Of Faith (Mystery After Mystery)

Safe

I Don't Like The Person I'm Becoming

This Ground May Not Be Holy But I Know That It Can Hold Me

I Found Jesus

The Search For Meaning

Vesper Flights

The Answering Stone

The Smog

First single from new album 'the night-time' - coming soon. Head over to my Bandcamp page to buy: jamesdey.bandcamp.com

the night-time

everything is after

A song taken from the first of my new Seasons EPs. Four EPs released throughout the year, the first of which, Spring, will be released on March 21st 2019.

A flash, it happens fast,
No time to react,
Three swifts screaming past above me.
I catch a streak of black
And strange how my brain, untrained,
Can’t place it in this time and space.
In this time and space.

A chase, throwing shapes,
Remain watching the game they play,
Forget about the world around me.
This year’s first to appear,
This sound, a joy to hear,
A perch and their search for home ends at my own,
Their search for home ends at my own.

Spring

The First Swifts

James Dey grew up in a vicarage in Bradford, the 3rd of 5 sons. The house was full of music. Time went by and, for want of any other skills, James moved to Manchester to study jazz drumming in a city fizzing with life. He discovered a love for lyric writing and layering his fragile vocals with delicately played guitar, piano and percussion to create warm, lush musical landscapes.
He began releasing in 2005 with his debut ‘Landing Lights’. More solo releases followed - ‘the night time’ album drawing widespread attention in 2016, followed by 4 EPs in 2019 titled ‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’, released chronologically through the seasons of that year. 2021 will see the release of new album ‘Tongues in Trees’, a collection of songs drawn together from James’ theatre soundtracks. 
James now lives and works in Leeds, where he continues to journey in these musical landscapes. He finds inspiration in birds, trees, estuaries, overheard conversations and nostalgic longings. The music is all hushed beauty, telling small stories of seemingly unremarkable things.

“Beautiful, exploratory, gorgeous songwriting…I love it” - Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music.

“Sparkles with humanity” - Alan Raw, BBC Introducing in West Yorkshire.

James Dey

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