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Lightning blonde Northern Soul enigma Psychologist expects you to expect the unexpected with his newest LP, out this summer\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt took me a long time to realise that a popstar and a fine artist are essentially the same job, if someone\u2019s doing it\u00a0well,\u201d Iain Woods says matter-of-factly. It\u2019s a theory that not everyone would agree with, but one that has helped Woods – who makes music under the moniker Psychologist – reconcile training as an artist with his penchant for creating songs. \u201cFor a long time, writing lyrics and melodies was just something I did as a hobby after art school,\u201d he says. \u201cI never dreamt of making a career out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he refers to a fixation with punk rock as a teenager, Psychologist finds it hard to pinpoint any particular musical influences, referring instead to a plethora of concept artists. People like Felix Gonzalez Torres, \u201cwho made piles of sweets that were the same weight as his friends and called\u00a0them portraits,\u201d and Cornelia Parker, \u201cwho got the SAS to blow up her garden shed.\u201d<\/p>\n

These influences certainly impact his concept-heavy, genre-hopping work so far, the 27-year-old says. \u201cI want\u00a0to make albums with totally different messages,\u201d he says. \u201cAlthough, I\u2019d like to think my voice unites them in some way.\u201d If you had to put a label on it, call his latest song, \u201cWhen Particles Collide\u201d funk-inflected Northern Soul.<\/p>\n

His 2011 Epidural EP was split into two parts – Waves of OK, and Propeller. The first was about \u201ctruth and lies and the difficulty of drawing a line between the two; me being\u00a0as honest as I can,\u201d Woods explains. \u201cI wanted it to feel soft and cuddly.\u201d The result was a tender and haunting sound that had critics comparing him to James Blake and The XX. His second effort, Propeller, however, quickly put an end to those comparisons. Gritty and harsh, it was full of uneasy electro- pop pounders spotlighting characters from his past: one example is \u201cthis guy that used to write death threats on the back of Christmas cards to the nurses where my mum used to work.\u201d Grim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Woods says fans should anticipate a \u201cbig\u201d sound on his next record, out this summer – and to simply \u201cexpect the unexpected… It\u2019s fully live and very hip-hoppy. There\u2019s a full band on it, including two French horns, a base trombone, two or three saxophones and a string quintet.\u201d By the sounds of it, Woods is steadily coming out of his shell when it comes to performing live.<\/p>\n

Although he is far from shy, when he first started doing gigs in 2011 Woods felt uneasy on stage. \u201cWhen you record music, you can be present without really being there, like a sound installation almost. But when it came to live shows, the focus was on me. I didn\u2019t want to be the art, I wanted to make the art!\u201d He says. Nowadays, the blonde- almost-white haired Stoke Newingtonian is excited to start performing again, after getting in touch with his inner Sasha Fierce. \u201cI think you can\u2019t fail to have an alter ego for when you\u2019re performing. There are very few people that can be completely be themselves on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are times when the pressure gets too much for the Coventry native though, and he sometimes has thoughts of throwing in the towel. \u201cBeing a musician is essentially a freelance sort of position; you\u2019re by yourself and there\u2019s a lot of time to mull over stuff,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019re definitely times when I\u2019m like: \u2018Right, I\u2019m giving this up and moving to the Lake District to be a farmer…\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photographer:<\/strong> Liam Warwick<\/p>\n

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Fashion Editor:<\/strong> Madeline Ostlie<\/p>\n

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