Spectrals, 21-year-old Louis Jones, loves love and on October 25, when Bad Penny, his debut album, is released via Slumberland, you’ll get to hear him sing all about it. The LP, a mix of pop, soul, doowop and garage rock, features 11-original songs from the musician and is a bit of a departure from his previous work.

eBurban got together with the UK musician recently to talk about his forthcoming effort, his writing process, and who some of his favorite current artists are. Check out our interview with Jones below.

eB:  What is the inspiration behind the name of your album, Bad Penny?

Jones:  There is this saying “a bad penny always comes back around” or “a bad penny always turns up”.

The idea of falling foul of something or someone again and again and not been able to pull yourself out of that cycle is something that really rang true for me because the record was written from this zone I was in where I was in love with a girl that didn’t love me, and I had to go back to the way that felt again and again because I didn’t care about anything else enough to write a song about it. I still don’t, maybe that makes me the bad penny?

While talking about your song “Get A Grip” you mention wanting to do things different on your debut LP. What are some of the differences that fans will notice between this album and your EPs.

What I meant when I was talking about “Get A Grip” was that I wanted to have the record be faster or more “disco” because the E.P was mostly slowies, I wanted to see if I could do other sorts of songs,

I’d like to think that the songs are all a little better put together than any of the other ones I’ve done, but I’m always going to want to say that! I tried to have each song have it’s own little theme or weird sound that set it apart, then have my singing be the thing that tied it all together. I never really thought about the songs like that before now, I hope it sounds like a proper “album”.

Love and all that comes with it is the central theme to the majority of your songs. Can you describe your writing process?

I do the music just sat with my guitar, I’ll look for like 2 or 3 chords that are sugary sweet and go well with each other and then and then I just go with that until it’s done. Then words just come to me late on a night.

How did you come to link up with Richard Formby?

Through my manager Dan, I’m so glad that it came about, making a record could of been this daunting thing, but having Richard produce it meant that it was never anything like that, he is super easy to be with for days at a time and his input always made a lot of sense, he doesn’t just say stuff for the sake of it. He also has ace stories!

Your music clearly shows that you are inspired by some of the past greats. Who, if any, are some of the contemporary artists that you are influenced by?

I’m dead into Real Estate, Pure X, The Men, Peaking Lights and Big Troubles at the minute.

And lastly, will you be performing stateside anytime soon?

I really hope so!