“I remember when people thought I was going to be the next Radiohead. From morning to night, I was tailed by writers from *NME*, *Mojo* and *Uncut*, who shouted questions from fast-moving vehicles about my favorite soccer players, who I was dating, and what Joy Division meant to me. I spent a day in Trafalgar Square as part of a photo spread with Coldplay's Chris Martin, Travis' Francis Healy, and ”