PRE-ORDER: James Ellis Ford "Lost In Another World" LP

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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around AUGUST 14th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster pl ease place a separate order for those items. Lost In Another World, James Ellis Ford’s singular, emotionally resonant second solo album will be released on August 14. Lost In Another World was made from start to finish in just over two weeks in early 2025, while James was on a hospital ward between punishing rounds of chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells. He hadn’t even fully absorbed the implications of the diagnosis – nine months of treatment with only a 30% survival rate – before a bed was found for him at Barts, London. During the second round of treatment, James (known for his production work with Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Depeche Mode, Help(2) for War Child and as both a solo artist and one half of Simian Mobile Disco) did the only thing that felt natural to him; he wrote, played, sang, recorded and mixed a solo album about the experience. Lost In Another World is never self-pitying. If anything, it comes across as a celebration of love. While some of the songs on the album grapple with a clear and present existential fear of death, the calmness of the cancer ward can be credited for the serenity of the album. “They are very, very still, you can end up feeling like you’re on a space voyage.” Lost In Another World shares the experiences from the frontline of illness; fear, love, reassurance, boredom, pain, calm, disbelief, and ultimately hope. These transmissions from the eye of the storm have informed an album which is truly something special. street date 8/14/2026 Show more