As the former lead singer and guitarist of the critically acclaimed band Trophy Wife, Jody has a varied and rich musical background.
The band's single "Microlite," released on Moshi Moshi Records, became a cult favourite; championed by Zane Lowe, Mark Riley and Tom Ravenscroft amongst others. Extensive touring followed alongside heavyweights such as Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, Two Door Cinema Club and No Age at venues such as Brixton Academy, The Troxy, Amsterdam Paradiso, London Koko and Kentish Town Forum. The band also appeared at many prodigious festivals including Pukkelpop Belgium, Lowlands Holland, Dockville in Hamburg, Latitude and Bestival, promoted a debut album release in Japan and landed a slot opening for Ed Sheeran in Paris.
After this whirlwind of success and the bands demise, Jody took a wholly necessary step back from the music industry, pursuing his other passion for working in education, a field he has worked in for many years. Jody is now a well established and in demand music educator.
However, his creative impulses never evaporated and his recent album of guitar instrumentals, inspired by time spent in nature, entitled "Trails," showcased his fledgling brand of cinematic folk. A set of intricately arranged neo-classical and folk pieces that unfold "like the evolving landscape of a walk" (Joyzine).
His most recent release, River Songs, is a collection of intimate, imagistic folk ballads that draw upon his love for artists such as John Martyn, James Taylor and Sufjan Stevens. The album has a nostalgic, fantasy-tinged sense of romance that "brings to mind a minstrel traversing the fields of Albion" (No Transmission).
Both releases have at their core a deep love for being in nature and finding solace and peace through feeling connected and indebted to the wild.
2025 was a busy year as Jody returned to the road with neighbour and friend Emily Maguire, also performing a number of solo headline shows too.
Jody has been busy recording a new album on the edge of the New Forest this year. The 10-songs are set to be released in 2026, seeing Jody explore a more expansive sound with greater depth of textures, ambience and more detailed instrumentation than previous releases. The album could be described as 'sci-fi folk'; a narrative of unexplained phenomena runs throughout, from crop circles and UFO's to clairvoyants and standing stones. With the album approaching the final stages of completion, more details will follow soon.
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The band's single "Microlite," released on Moshi Moshi Records, became a cult favourite; championed by Zane Lowe, Mark Riley and Tom Ravenscroft amongst others. Extensive touring followed alongside heavyweights such as Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, Two Door Cinema Club and No Age at venues such as Brixton Academy, The Troxy, Amsterdam Paradiso, London Koko and Kentish Town Forum. The band also appeared at many prodigious festivals including Pukkelpop Belgium, Lowlands Holland, Dockville in Hamburg, Latitude and Bestival, promoted a debut album release in Japan and landed a slot opening for Ed Sheeran in Paris.
After this whirlwind of success and the bands demise, Jody took a wholly necessary step back from the music industry, pursuing his other passion for working in education, a field he has worked in for many years. Jody is now a well established and in demand music educator.
However, his creative impulses never evaporated and his recent album of guitar instrumentals, inspired by time spent in nature, entitled "Trails," showcased his fledgling brand of cinematic folk. A set of intricately arranged neo-classical and folk pieces that unfold "like the evolving landscape of a walk" (Joyzine).
His most recent release, River Songs, is a collection of intimate, imagistic folk ballads that draw upon his love for artists such as John Martyn, James Taylor and Sufjan Stevens. The album has a nostalgic, fantasy-tinged sense of romance that "brings to mind a minstrel traversing the fields of Albion" (No Transmission).
Both releases have at their core a deep love for being in nature and finding solace and peace through feeling connected and indebted to the wild.
2025 was a busy year as Jody returned to the road with neighbour and friend Emily Maguire, also performing a number of solo headline shows too.
Jody has been busy recording a new album on the edge of the New Forest this year. The 10-songs are set to be released in 2026, seeing Jody explore a more expansive sound with greater depth of textures, ambience and more detailed instrumentation than previous releases. The album could be described as 'sci-fi folk'; a narrative of unexplained phenomena runs throughout, from crop circles and UFO's to clairvoyants and standing stones. With the album approaching the final stages of completion, more details will follow soon.
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