Brought to you by DPMusic While lockdown for many up-and-coming musicians has been a frustrating period of inactivity, rising star Kris James has done just the opposite.
Between the usual Zoom quizzes and banana bread baking, the Liverpudlian singer-songwriter has been using the time to get fit, keep up regular songwriting sessions, put together a strategy for his debut album and even release a new single, Naïve, which is out today (June 5). “I thought it was a good idea to come out of [lockdown] with some sort of positive experience,” he told us over the phone. “I thought I would lock myself away, train hard with a virtual personal trainer and stop drinking [alcohol].