Blessed with an unmistakable voice, and a natural talent for creating dark & emotive left field ALT R&B if you can even call it that, Romford-born, London-based artist KeepVibesNear has cut a singular shape in the capital’s musical underbelly. Playing an integral role in the The Silhouettes Project, as well as racking up collaborations with FloFilz, Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn, Ray Lozano, Benny Banks & Coops to name a few - he is now returning with a matured, yet characteristically melancholic sound he likes to call NOIR. KVN is hoping his music can change the outdated narrative that men can’t show or feel the vast spectrum of emotions, good, bad and everything in between. With the theme of troubled love running through the river of KVN’s story he brings a refreshing vulnerability to his music. In a time when toxic masculinity is still so rife, he intends to make space for men to express themselves and open up. Citing the likes of King Krule, Frank Ocean, John Mayer and The Internet as key influences, KVN is the perfect combination of honesty and humour - an artist the UK music scene is truly craving.