Jack Garratt Biography

Jack Garratt (born 11 October 1991) is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. He released his debut studio album Phase on 19 February 2016.

Early life

Jack Robert Garratt was born 11 October 1991 in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. He grew up in the village of Little Chalfont. About his childhood he has stated that: "I just really enjoyed making noises and really enjoyed the reaction that I got from making those noises. So they [parents] put me on music lessons to encourage me to hone in on that talent rather than show off." He wrote his first song when he was 12 and learned to play a variety of instruments from the guitar, drums and piano to the harmonica, mandolin, trombone and ukulele. He attended St Clement Danes school in Chorleywood and the University of Roehampton in London.

Career

Junior Eurovision 2005

In September 2005, Jack entered the UK national selection for that year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Belgium. On the night Jack's song "The Girl" finished 8/8 with just 13 points. He has since said "That was the first time I tried to achieve anything as a musician but my intentions were wrong. I did it more for attention rather than for a love of what I was doing."

2009-13

Jack Garratt went to university to train to be a teacher. He signed to an independent record label and began working on an album with the title Nickel and Dime. The music was acoustic blues music. He was played on BBC Three Counties Radio in March 2012 as part of BBC Introducing.

He abandoned the album when he realised that "I wasn't proud of the songs I was writing, and I was performing the music because I liked the way that people reacted rather than because I was proud of the songs." He dropped out of university and "had a real self-destructive moment" and has said that "I felt like I was going through a quarter or a midlife crisis, but I was not even 20." He decided to write music "with a totally different level of respect and integrity" and spent a year writing new songs.

2014-present: Phase

On 28 October 2014, Jack released his first extended play, Remnants, and a remix EP, Remnix. On 28 November 2014 he released the single "The Love You're Given". His 2014 single "Worry" was playlisted by BBC Radio 1, and he headlined the BBC Introducing stage of the Reading and Leeds Festivals. He also headlined at Lost Village Festival in Lincoln in 2016. On 27 September 2015 he performed at the Apple Music Festival which took place at The Roundhouse, London. Garratt supported Mumford and Sons on their 2015 UK tour, playing at 13 events at 9 arenas across the UK and Ireland. He was the winner of the Critics' Choice category at the 2016 Brit Awards, BBC Sound Poll of 2016 and is on MTV's Brand New 2016 shortlist. He released his debut studio album Phase on 19 February this year.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK	AUS	BEL (FL)	BEL (WA)	GER	ITA	NL	NZ	SWI	US
Phase	Released: 19 February 2016 Label: Island Records Formats: CD, digital download	3	9	18	88	28	63	21	37	7	127

Extended plays

Title	Details
Remnants	Released: 28 October 2014 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download
Remnix	Released: 28 October 2014 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download
BBC Music: Huw Stephens Session	Released: 11 April 2015 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download
Synesthesiac	Released: 12 April 2015 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download
Apple Music Festival: London 2015	Released: 14 October 2015 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		UK	BEL (FL)	ITA
"The Love You're Given"	2014	"?	"?	"?	Phase
"Chemical"	2015	"?	"?	"?
"Weathered"		173	"?	"?
"Breathe Life"		183	42	"?
"Worry"		67	84	64
"Surprise Yourself"	2016	"?	"?	"?
"Far Cry"		"?	"?	"?
""?" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Year	Organisation	Award	Work	Result
2015	BBC	Introducing Artist of the Year	rowspan="4"
	BRIT Awards	Critics' Choice
	MTV UK	Brand New for 2016
	BBC	Sound of 2016