Simon Wiffen is a singer songwriter from Leeds, UK.
Accompanied by guitarist Mark Parrini, Simon has delivered his raw, heartfelt songs to venues and radio stations across Yorkshire. Brought up on a varied diet of Blues, Soul and Pop and influenced by such artists as Damien Rice, Glen Phillips and Counting Crows, his songs have been described as “beautiful”, “melodic” and “soothing”.
Described as “One of Leeds’ most underrated and shamefully overlooked singer-songwriters” Simon has been known to silence audiences with a voice loaded with emotion that delivers the message of the songs perfectly.
Reviews:
“One of Leeds’ most underrated and shamefully overlooked singer-songwriters.”
Groovestealer Promotions
“Reminds me of Morcheeba without the shitness. Lovely.”
Frantic Corduroy
“Personal favourite song, Row Upon Row, sounds like it could easily slip onto an album by much more established peers Ocean Colour Scene.”
21st Century Music
“Makes Leonard Cohen sound like Mika…”
Simon’s Uncle Colin
More info at http://www.simonwiffen.co.uk
Twitter Updates
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about 9 hours ago
I'm absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that my debut EP "Life Support" is available NOW!
You can listen to the whole thing on my iLike page and you can download "Hold Onto" (my personal favourite) for free.
It would be FANTASTIC if you could dedicate this song (or whichever song is your favourite) to all your friends on Facebook. If you like what we're doing and you know people who you think will like it please send them a link to the music page - we want to try and get more people to the page and get the songs spreading into the world of Facebook. Go forth and help us out!
If you like it, you can buy yourself a real copy with rather swanky artwork (if I do say so myself) by heading to my online store at http://www.simonwiffen.co.uk/store/
Mark and I are delighted with this record. It's so much more than either of us ever dreamed it would be and we hope you like it. Please have a listen and let me know what you think. If you like what you hear please buy a copy :-)
The EP will be appearing on iTunes and all major download stores around December.
We have plenty of live dates coming up in December and January to support the release including a rather special night at the Library in Leeds on 3rd December supporting our good friends Hope&Social (http://www.hopeandsocial.com) who've helped us so much in making this record happen. We're turning the night into an EP launch and general celebration so if you're around please do try and come down and join us - it promises to be much fun. And the H&S guys will put on a hell of a show as well.
Hope to see you there
Keep an eye on the Facebook page for up to date gig listings.