London-based singer Jacob Banks returns with a brand new EP “For My Friends”, an eight-song project created during the pandemic. The project was inspired by the collective experiences the world has faced in the past year and created by Banks in his London home, while working remotely with the longtime collaborator Sillkey, as well as Yakob, Sam De Jong, Spencer Stewart and Jonah Christian.
Talking about the song’s creative process, Jacob reveals, “It was a lot less scary than I thought. I’ve been making music for over a decade but I never had a home studio because I just believed that I would have no self -control and I’d just live in there. It turns out that I actually go in there a lot less than I ever did any studio because it’s in my spare room and I only have to go in there when I have an idea, compared to session after session and just writing because you feel like you should be writing. I only really turn on my laptop when inspiration hits and I get excited all over again to believe in this idea. My friends helped me out and it’s been fun, I really enjoyed it. I like to make bodies of work to commemorate a time of my life and I am glad that I have this body of work to remember time in the pandemic, when all we had was each other.”
