Premiere: Billy Lockett – ‘Wide Eyed’

A dizzying new single from an artist to watch...

Billy Lockett's material is outwardly beautiful, but truly cuts deep.

Electronic bliss fused to fragrant emotion, each song feels like its pinned down by loss – a loss that is all too personal.

The songwriter's upcoming debut album "is love songs to my dad and about the loss of someone very dear to you. It took me two years to pen the material after he passed. It was his wish I play piano. It was an extremely real thing to write about, something I've never done before."

Set to be released later this year, Billy Lockett is set to trail his debut album with new cut 'Wide Eyed'. He explains: "'Wide Eyed' is the last song I wrote for the album. It's a song that is about putting the past behind you and trying to move on, knowing that you'll end up back where you started."

Clash is able to premiere the cut, and it's a refreshing piece of electronic melancholia, with a redemptive, almost euphoric edge.

Tune in now.

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