Loner is the sense of space you get surfing the web; the sense of space you feel in a crowded train full of people talking on phones you don't know. "The mystery is gone in a crazy mixed up world." Loner a.k.a. Geoff Smith first started tickling the ivories aged 8. His playing evolved under the tutelage of Louis Vause (Transcopic Records), the renowned New Orleans Blues pianist. A stint in the obligatory 6th form band, mostly covering Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana hits, gradually evolved into the band De Capo. At the age of 19 Geoff struck a publishing deal for his exceptional songwriting talents and from there a deal with Just Music and the road to Loner. Geoff's earliest musical influences include Prince, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash-solitary artists who reflect their own stories through lyrical story telling. These artists provide the backdrop for Loner's own brand of watching life pass by. "Working in the pub is really settling for me", says Geoff. "It's the constant stream of new faces, stories and the sense of life moving on around me-and I'm in the middle standing still, watching and staying in one place". Piano understandably makes up the backbone of his work as Loner. Yet electronic interference, fuzzy glitches, Binatone samples and some choice breaks underpin the organic qualities of piano and acoustic guitar. In his earlier days Loner would work only in solitude, earning him the hermitic title. However, now the oxymoronic Loner plays live with a DJ on decks and FX, bassist and two acoustic guitarists. He also collaborates with a heap of respected musicians and producers. Notably Tim Simenon, the hip hop/dance pioneer behind Bomb The Bass. This has earned Loner massive plays across a diversity of radio shows from John Kennedy on XFM right through to Classic FM. He even featured in the penultimate episode of Sex And The City with his track French Movie. The eponymously-titled album is the follow-up to Loner's 4-track EP "Road Songs".