James Berkeley Announces Debut Solo Album Lost Boy, Golden Hour

British multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer-songwriter James Berkeley – best known as the former frontman of UK neo-soul outfit Yakul – steps confidently into solo territory with his debut album ‘Lost Boy, Golden Hour’ and the record’s heartfelt lead single ‘Giving Me Love’ out on 4th July 2025.

Bringing elements of soul, jazz, dream pop, indie da electronica, Berkeley yana samar da wani sauti wanda aka dace amma maimakon - san cewa Thundercat ya samu Japanese Breakfast tare da lantarki na Washed Out. Har ila yau, da aka samu gabatarwa daga kamar Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music), Complex, da Earmilk, ta solo aiki yana gina a kan wannan asali tare da ƙarfi da m musicality.

“My new single ‘Giving Me Love’ is a reminder that even at your lowest, the people closest to you can still see your best self. And through them you can rediscover it for yourself.” – James Berkeley

The album was sparked by an impulsive moment at the end of summer 2024. “Fuck it, I’m writing an album and I’m doing it now,” James told his modest following on Instagram. Since then, he’s grown his audience tenfold, amassed over 30,000 followers, and fully completed an album entirely written, produced, performed and mixed by himself.

Kuma mai ban sha'awa da UK jazz, R&B da soul shirye-shirye, James ya sa hankali tare da Yakul, daga sayar da Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club uku zuwa samarwa tare da Mereba da samarwa tare da Incognito a kan Tomorrow's New Dream. Yana kuma tafiya kasa da kasa da kasa tare da Incognito, ya yi aiki a gida a Blue Note Tokyo da Blue Note Milan.

Out of the spotlight, ya kasance tsanani m: ya sa biyu EPs a matsayin solo artist da kuma aiki tare da tsawon lokaci na sana'a partner edbl, ciki har da su 2022 joint EP wanda ya zama har yanzu fiye da 2 miliyan streams. Yana kuma taimakawa akai-akai kamar Cosmo Pyke da kuma ci gaba da ci gaba da sayarwa ga duk da studio prowess da magnetic live energy.

Tare da alama falsetto, jazz-inflected piano tunanin da kuma sha'awar ga analog synth texture, James Berkeley ne mai zane-tunanin tare da wani abu don ce. Lost Boy, Golden Hour ne fiye da wani alama - shi ne wani alama na halitta.