Hollow Souls’ debut single ‘Borderline’ showcases all this and more, as Kris invited Jared James Nichols, US blues-rock rising star, to feature on lead guitar remotely from across the pond. Kris said “I’ve really admired Jared’s playing for some time. His contribution to this song is massive, we gave him creative license to play whatever he wanted, I’m so stoked with the results”.

Recorded in one take at Momentum Studios (as showcased in the official video), produced and mixed by Josiah J Manning, Hollow Souls set the tone that new music with further studio collaborators and perhaps even touring could well be in store.

Like a one-two punch, Hollow Souls also come out the gates by announcing a twenty-date UK tour; a real statement of intent that demonstrates a clean sweep of the UK blues-rock circuit, where Kris champions some of the venues that allowed him to cut his teeth as an emerging talent.

Inspired by the US supergroup Supersonic Blues Machine in which he also performs, and energised by the wealth of British talent around him, Kris put together a homegrown jam band to serve as a creative sparring exercise during his downtime. Together with long-term collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and producer Josiah J Manning, using Josiah’s Plymouth-based Momentum Studios as their base, a studio band consisting of drummer Joe Harris (Toby Lee / Lack of Afro) and bass player Leighton Allen (Callum Scott / The Hoosiers) became more than the sum of its parts. When Kris invited in former KBB backing singer Phoebe Jane to jam, the floodgates of creativity truly opened. In writing for her dexterous range and astonishing power, Kris and Josiah knew they had found a singer with which their musical palette could continue to evolve; the spark that ignited a whole new band into existence Hollow Souls.