GEORGE Ezra has announced the release of his eagerly anticipated debut album, Wanted On Voyage, ahead of a UK tour which sees him visiting two Bristol venues - Exchange and Fiddlers - on June 4 and 5.

George's first two EP releases - Did You Hear The Rain? and Cassy O’ - both hit the top 10 on UK iTunes and he leaves a trail of sold out shows in his wake, including a 22-date debut UK tour; his upcoming gig at London’s Electric Ballroom sold out in a week.

“I keep being told that this is my year,” he says. “Which is nice, but problematic because I’m planning to be around in 2015 and long beyond.”

The debut album Wanted On Voyage was recorded between early November and mid January in Clapham, south London with producer Cam Blackwood. Ezra plays guitar, bass and keyboards on the album. With its ‘What are you waiting for?’ refrain, album opener Blame It On Me, set to a skiffle shuffle, sums up the singer’s mantra of just getting on with the job, while Listen To The Man is a woozy, bluesy, summery-sounding lesson in self belief. Sonically, Wanted on Voyage’s most surprising song is the electronica-driven Stand By Your Gun, which could be The Blue Nile doing disco. A lyrical wit rarely seen in his contemporaries runs throughout, none more so than on Drawing Board, a fantasy retaliation aimed at an ex when a relationship goes sour. “It’s definitely a fun sounding album,” says Ezra. “Probably because it was such fun to make.”