Mark William Lewis | |
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| Born | Stamford Hill, London |
| Origin | London |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Mark William Lewis is a British musician and songwriter known for his multi-genre music, blending dream pop, indie rock, jazz, folk and experimental music. [1] [2] His music has been long compared to and overlapped the audiences of Dean Blunt. [3] He is based in South London and has collaborated with artists like Mike, Nina Cristante, and Sokora Violetov. [1]
Lewis spent his early life in Stamford Hill in Hackney, East London, where he was raised reading poetry of poets based in London like T. S. Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, and James Joyce. His dad, Nigel Lewis, was a writer who published a book dedicated to Lewis about metaphor and language which helped shaped Lewis's creativity when he studied arts at Goldsmiths University in London, starting in 2012. [4]
Lewis started after the COVID-19 pandemic performing in DIY venues like M.O.T., Ormside Projects, and Avalon Cafe with artists like Nina Cristante, head singer of the indie band Bar Italia. His debut EP, Pleasure is Everything, was produced in late 2021 in a 20-story apartment building in Deptford, South East London. [5] The EP's cover art features a skyline photograph taken from his flat. In January 2022, he released a single called "Thinner" with Nina Cristante. [6] In the spring of the same year, he released his second EP, God Complex, which would later be made into a compilation and a vinyl release along his first EP as Pleasure Is Everything / God Complex. [7]
At the start of 2023, Lewis self-released his debut LP, Living. The LP centers around themes like the heaviness of life and death. [3] [8] It was reviewed by Pitchfork receiving a 7.6/10, giving Lewis critical acclaim and coverage for the first time beyond his word-of-mouth popularity. [3] The same year he released a two single EP with Sokora Violetov [9]
In September 2024, Lewis collaborated with Mike Bonema on his song "Let's Have a Ball on Burning Desire. That next year he performed with him on NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert alongside Liv.e. [10]
In June 2025, Lewis became the first artist to sign a non-soundtrack album with A24 Music for his self-titled album, Mark William Lewis [11] [12]