"One of the things in A24's online store is not like the others. Spend a moment browsing the indie studio's wares and you'll notice the word soundtrack in nearly all of the item descriptions. But then you'll spot a true outlier: an album named only Mark William Lewis, with cover art depicting a hunched, vampiric figure, perched like a bird against the colorless London skyline."
"A24 is entering the music business in earnest - and this mysterious, brooding Brit is its patient zero. It's a surprising if perhaps inevitable development for a company whose expansionist impulses have made it far more than a movie studio in recent years. And it's a peculiar honor bestowed upon Lewis, a singer-songwriter in his early 30s with a gruff voice and a knack for writing gloomily impressionistic tunes swathed in reverb and urban malaise."
A24 has extended its brand into the music industry by creating A24 Music and signing singer-songwriter Mark William Lewis as the label's first artist. The album appears among soundtrack releases in the studio's online store, but represents a distinct move beyond film scores. Lewis is a South London artist in his early 30s with a gruff voice and a penchant for gloomily impressionistic, reverb-drenched songs. He emerged from a DIY scene influenced by poetry and magical-realism, favors slightly kitschy horror, and did not initially plan to compose film music though he remains open to scoring.
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