Eclectic British pop project
Insecure Men released their self-titled debut album in early 2018, taking cues from exotica, early electronic pop, glam, and '70s songwriting giants like
Harry Nilsson and
the Carpenters.
Former schoolmates
Saul Adamczewski (
Fat White Family,
Moonlandingz) and Ben Romans-Hopcraft (
Childhood) conceived the band in 2015, amassing behind them a large ensemble to flesh out their distinctively retro-leaning sound. While working together with
Sean Lennon in upstate New York on the collaborative
Moonlandingz project,
Adamczewski began recording tracks for
Insecure Men, which
Lennon also produced. Making their live debut in London in early 2017, the band issued a pair of singles late that year in advance of its eponymous debut, which arrived in February 2018. In October of that same year, a follow-up appeared in the form of a covers album called
Karaoke for One: Vol. 1. Played entirely by
Adamczewski, the set featured songs by
George Jones,
Van Morrison, and
the Pogues. ~ Timothy Monger