Seizing our attention upon the first spin of his single Lemonade earlier this year, Keir evokes the flamboyance and bombast of such stadium-appeasing icons as David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Prince with an emotional, empathetic through-line, dealing with complex themes, including struggling with mental health-related issues. All of which sits within some very elegantly-sculpted mixes.
Alongside his songwriting partner and production-guru George Glew, Keir’s songs have been generating serious buzz across the music press for the last year, with his debut self-titled album released over the summer. We spoke to Keir and George right on the cusp of its release, to learn about their collaborative writing process, how they arranged the tracks to accentuate Keir’s immense voice, and the broader themes resonating from Keir’s work.
1 Hi Keir, hi George. Firstly, Keir, how did it all start for you?
“I was a very lucky person in that I never really played with the idea of doing anything else. I was a support worker with autistic people for a little bit while I was studying at uni. But studying in a small town, as a teenager I was just obsessed with the idea of making songs. You might learn covers but actually I was really, really young when I got intrigued by ‘making’ songs and telling some sort of
