Brighton-born Kipp Boucher’s arresting brand of piano-led soft rock is a cognizant nod to supposedly simpler times; inspired by the likes of Scott Walker, John Lennon and Margo Guryan. Lyrically, it catalogues the often frenzied internal monologue of the young man of the modern day - taking cues from idols such as Randy Newman and Dory Previn, the Hackney-based artist draws on the past as a parallel to lament today’s social condition - with a swing of the hips, a tongue in the cheek and a modern sense of sardonic despair.

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