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ILM: Undiscovered your debut album is out on July 31st can you tell me which track you had the most fun writing and laying down in the studio?

JAMES: Well one of them was Under The Influence, purely because of the vibe, like everyone was clapping and dancing. We recorded it and then we did a track of everyone just dancing along, and clapping their hands and just shouting out random things and loads of ad libbing that I did and it was just really fun to make, really vibey to make.

But the whole experience was really good, the whole experience of recording an album in the studio with Martin the producer, everything was pretty much live, so it was pretty good. Especially that one because of the vibes we got with the clapping and everything like that, it was great.

ILM: And you must've learned a lot during that time?

JAMES: Yeah definitely, and not just with the writers I worked with but all the musicians. I think it was a really good experience to go through that with people who've been doing it for years. Because, I haven't been doing it that long, so it's great to be surrounded by people who have been doing it for ages, but have as much passion for music as you have. Yeah it was a brilliant experience.

ILM: Now, people are saying you sound like Al Green and Otis Redding. We think you sound like you and that your voice is really soulful and soothing. When you did you first realize you could belt out a note or two?

JAMES: It's not that I realised, I just used to do it because I enjoyed it. But I suppose when I got to about 16, I had a little school band, and we were getting quite a lot of gigs. It only started off as a bit of fun, and it got to the point where we were getting loads of gigs all the time. So I thought, we must be doing something allright if we're getting loads of gigs, because we were only a plunky plunky school band having a go at playing some proper songs y'know. I suppose when I got to about 16 I thought this isn't a bad job and it's something I love doing and if I can live off doing this, that'd be great. But I never thought I'd get a deal, I just thought if I can get enough gigs so I don't have to work in a job that I don't enjoy, then that's good enough. But yeah I got really lucky

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