Johnny Flynn is a proper, feature-worthy curio, more so than a modern day indie star has any right to be. One minute he’s revealing that his old man was in 'The Avengers', the next that, as a youngster, he used to work on a fishing boat and then that last night he performed with his band at the Royal Albert Hall. A few moments in his company, then, is enough to know that Master Flynn, 24 years old, will be keeping our attention for quite some time. And that's before even hearing his music.
Flynn is, according to The Observer, one of a new breed of British singer-songwriters who are going their own way. New he might be but in the old-timey sounds that course through his music Flynn's Americana-leaning fare is already classic-sounding, the result of a driving-force inspiration that isn't surface-based like those abused by his peers.