[GIG REVIEW] Will Joseph Cook @ Barfly, Camden 23rd March 2016

Fresh from three mega-hyped and mega-packed shows at this year's SXSW in Austin Texas, including a prime time slot at Spotify's showcase, Will Joseph Cook and his band returned to London for a sold out headline show at the Barfly in Camden.

An extremely accomplished live performer, and now with an extremely tight band behind him, WJC played a handful of songs from his debut EP "Beach" as well as his new single "Girls Like Me" which received a massive cheer from the crowd and led to a huge singalong. Other highlights included as yet unreleased "Take Me Dancing" and "Water's Gone Cold", the latter an incredible solo acoustic track that silenced the crowd.


Seeing WJC live is a must in order to understand his unique talent, especially vocally, but his skills as a songwriter. As much as Jeff Buckley is an unavoidable but legitimate comparison, there are also hints of Everything Everything, Mystery Jets and Talking Heads. It's also worth checking out the video for "Girls Like Me", which WJC wrote and directed himself (see below). The scariest part is he's only 18... go figure!

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[LISTEN] Will Joseph Cook - Hearse

Will Joseph Cook has revealed a brand new track called "Hearse" - and it's taken from his new EP "Proof Enough". The track is a perfect track to break up to, not saying that you should go ahead get a girlfriend and break up with her or anything! It's a great alt-pop track with elements of Alt-J and some hints of Everything Everything in there too.

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Will Joseph Cook unveils new track "Streets Of Paris"

Today we bring to you the delightful tones of Will Joseph Cook, he's a new singer-songwriter to the scene and what makes him stand-out amongst the rest is purely his age, he's 17! I know we're not suppose to be banging on about someone's age, but if he sounds THIS good this young, imagine him in a few years time.

You can listen to new track below.

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