Persona B
Jerome , Matthew , Tim , Alex , Niamh
Persona B began following the demise of Jylt.
Jylt were a band predicted for big things that were making waves across the UK including in the eyes of the late, great John Peel. The band grew up together and, on a life changing day, one founding member contracted a devastating condition know as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Nia George battled the condition for a year but eventually lost the fight and passed away at the age of 21. Without Nia, the band fell apart and could not imagine carrying on. One member, Sarah Howells eventually managed to regain creativity in a new project called Paper Aeroplanes (later to become Bryde).
Alex Cooper eventually started writing again and managed to convince Tim Ramsey to collaborate once more. The two joined with another old friend, Matthew Bearne on Bass and started messing with new creations never to officially release any music for 18 years.
Finally, one of the first songs created by the band and written about the loss of Nia has been completed. Though many attempts were made to find the right sound for the tune, it was never finished until now.
Niamh Macphail offered up her vocals to create the tone that was previously lacking and Jerome Davies with his many years of experience helped to glue it all together with his subtle yet massively complimentary counter melodies and production ideas.
The recording was all done internally from writing to recording and mastering.
The resulting “Next Best Thing” is now available across all major streaming services and available for download from I Tunes.
photo Jylt Nia, Tim, Sarah, and Alex