Former Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson has confirmed the details of his debut solo album.
Tell Your Friends has been given a release date of January 26th 2018 after his solo career was launched last month with the track Suitable, which now has an official video. Now operating as Nick JD Hodgson, he says of the album:
“The lyrics are very honest, I wanted to express myself on this record, delve a little deeper and draw out some feelings I’d never touched on in songs before. I’d mainly written with someone else’s voice in mind, so the lyrics would reflect that. I would shy away from writing very personal things, but with this album I thought there’s no point doing it unless it’s honest.”
After venturing out of the Kaiser Chiefs in 2012 to write for other artists and launch a record label, Hodgson has explained how, ‘years of writing music for other people to sing and collaborate on’ abruptly gave way for an urge to, ‘write for me’.