ALEX SPENCER

Treasure has been unearthed on the streets of Manchester and a new whip-smart, street-savvy voice of late-teen thrills, spills and taken chances emerges in the shape of  16 year old busking sensation Alex Spencer. 

Evidently born to do it, Spencer stepped out of his home to the busy streets of Manchester with a borrowed guitar under his arm as an adventurous, confident 12 year old. Those in the know already know him. Passers-by, his home city’s street communities and fellow musicians have long had sight and sound of Spencer’s young, go-getting, tale-telling talents and now the combustible, open secret is ready to ignite as the school-leaver’s first recordings find their way into the world. 

Following his signing with Modern Sky (original home of The Lathums, Crawlers, Jamie Webster and Brooke Combe) at the turn of the year, Alex waited until spring to release his tidal wave, debut single, ‘A Night To Waste’ and then signing off school with the scorching second single ‘One Way Ticket’. 

The resultant media circus saw him broadcast to the world via BBC News’ Tik Tok and the Premier league’s global ‘Welcome to the weekend’ show. Alex become the first musician to perform  live on Sky Sports’ Good Morning Sports Fans show. With live sessions and playlisting with influential Manchester radio station, XS Manchester, chosen as the Mayor Of Greater Manchester’s Artist of the Month on BBC Radio Manchester and airplay with Radio X and BBC 6 Music, his impact has been instant and the ripple effect is set to grow yet wider as further live dates and releases loom in the near distance. 

Alex made his major festival debut at Liverpool’s Sound City and played a raucous, intimate SOLD OUT show at Manchester’s 33 Oldham Street, a stepping stone on the route to Spencer’s exciting live plans for the autumn and beyond. With full band in tow, Alex is looking ahead and building on the word-of-mouth buzz that’s helped him rise to contender status in such a short period of time, he will play his home city’s ornate Deaf Institute venue on Fri 24 November 2023. 

Singing out ‘Here’s to the rise of the young’ on the latest, even more confident release, the future Spencer wants is mapped out against a jumping, hot indie soundtrack, full of bluesy riffs and piano-backed beats. With the anthemic ‘Do What I Wanna’, Spencer looks at all sides for solutions to young generation’s sense of injustice on his new, spiky summer single.