No Alexander

If Hans Zimmer wrote pop songs or if Nils Frahm's music had words, it’d sound something like No Alexander. Alex Hudson nearly died in a car crash in 2012. He'd just started performing live. Despite a 40% chance of dying, he made a full recovery but he hasn't performed live since. In the meantime, he's been making music dense with strings, piano and, at some points, entire orchestras. It's somewhere between nu-classical and pop, between... More

If Hans Zimmer wrote pop songs or if Nils Frahm's music had words, it’d sound something like No Alexander. Alex Hudson nearly died in a car crash in 2012. He'd just started performing live. Despite a 40% chance of dying, he made a full recovery but he hasn't performed live since. In the meantime, he's been making music dense with strings, piano and, at some points, entire orchestras. It's somewhere between nu-classical and pop, between jazz and orchestral, between indie and singer-songwriter. If Regina Spektor got together with Max Richter, Nerina Pallot, Rufus Wainwright, Keaton Henson, Elbow, Sampha and Hans Zimmer, the results wouldn't be that far away from the debut EP from No Alexander Less