Brandon Rivers is part of a movement currently taking place in British music. But he’s no follower. He’s been developing his own sound for a global audience.

A bad boy with lushly compelling vocals, Brandon Rivers fuses Trap, Pop and Alternative R&B giving him a sound he describes as ‘after-dark pop’ .

ONE TO WATCH
Brandon has been declared by BBC Introducing as “one to watch”. Played the Victorious Festival in 2018 as well as a 'newcomer set' at Bestival the same year and, in summer 2019, progressed to a main stage performance at Camp Bestival.

He writes, sings, plays and records with influences taken from early Prince through to current artists such as Drake, Post Malone and Ariana Grande if you’re looking for musical references.

Born in the New Forest, Hampshire, England in 1996, Brandon soon announced his symphonic intentions to his parents by picking up his father’s guitar [aged 9]. He began to write indie based songs going on to form several bands at school. 

He grew up listening to David Bowie, Prince and Nirvana and seeing artists such as Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Green Day and U2 perform live.

He’d often come in from school and go straight out again to play a 25-minute set of his own material live at well-regarded venues such as The Joiners in Southampton and other spots in Hampshire, Dorset, Bristol and London.

Over the next 10-years he went on to master any instrument he turned his hand to. But this wasn’t enough for Brandon. What’s the good of having your own songs if you can’t record them and play them at parties? Mastering the recording process was the next stage and getting an 8-track portable recording machine for Christmas opened this door for him. To date, he’s amassed more than 200 of his own songs, all written, produced and performed by Brandon.

On moving to London in 2016 he announced himself as a solo artist with a debut performance on BBC Introducing on Radio Solent. This was the same time as he became more influenced by American R&B and Hip Hop.

BBC named him ‘One to Watch’ in 2017 following the release of his second single HEROIN CHIC. 2019 saw the release of his third single GIRLPLAY which featured on BBC Radio 1 with the announcement of being BBC Introducing’s ‘Artist of the Week’ in September. Additionally, he was interviewed by BBC Radio's Bobby Friction and performed live on his show. February 2020 saw Brandon's fourth offering DELETE MY NUMBER excite listeners around the world.  He finishes an unusual year for all of us with YOU'RE SO BAD released in November 2020. 

Brandon Rivers might well become your favourite singer songwriter. Until then, let your body do the listening…after dark.