will release his debut solo album next year.

The Manchester musician has been teasing something new, with an ultra-limited seven inch being shipped surreptitiously to record shops over summer.

The disc contained instrumental versions of  and , and it sold out within 24 hours of release on word of mouth alone.

Now there’s something big approaching. Jez Williams will release his debut solo album next year, with ‘Life Of Me And You’ due to be released on February 26th.

The songwriter will support old friends elbow at the O2 Ritz in Manchester next month, and new single ‘Hollow Man’ is out now.

Coming over as a fuzzed out cruncher that recalls early 70s groups such as Free or Taste, it resolves itself into an urgent takedown of our modern dystopia.

“Without resorting to clichés, ‘Hollow Man’ is about our modern life,” he explains. “It can just so easily take the soul out of you. Too much information, too many opinions, too much change coming from all angles. Tsunamis of information coming at you. It can be overwhelming. It makes you less present and makes you more in your head. I thought to put all of that to a sort of AC/DC-style riff, breaking out into a wider chorus. It all just came out in one go.”

Tune in now.

1. Hollow Man
2. Hurt Proof
3. J.U.M.P
4. Misses Jones
5. Walk Alone
6. Remember Where You Came From
7. All My Life
8. Magnificent Morning
9. Through It All
10. On The Horizon