JAYMES YOUNG

Jaymes Young (born 1 September 1991 as Jaymes McFarland) is an American musician whose debut album, Dark Star EP, was released September 9, 2013. In 2013 he was signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records and toured with the trip hop trio London Grammar. He released his second EP Habits of My Heart on September 28, 2014 on Atlantic Records and opened for Vance Joy on the latter's "Dream Your Life Away" tour. He was featured alongside Birdy in David Guetta's "I'll Keep Loving You" on Guetta's 2014 album Listen. In 2016, He worked with American electronic musician ZHU in co-writing and featuring un-credited vocals on two tracks, entitled "Hometown Girl" and "Cold Blooded". The songs eventually became part of ZHU's debut studio album Generationwhy, which was released on 29 July 2016.

McFarland grew up in Seattle, Washington, and attributes his varied interest in music to his music-loving parents and siblings (2 older brothers and 1 younger sister). His musical influences include Coldplay, Radiohead, Maroon 5, Iron & Wine, and Death Cab for Cutie[citation needed]. McFarland began playing the guitar and writing lyrics at age 14. Music became a creative outlet for his ideas and inspiration. Young is managed by Jeff Levin.