Emerging back into earshot, erstwhile Kaiser Chief Nick J.D. Hodgson is pleased to announce his debut solo album Tell Your Friends. Set for release on January 26th 2018 on his own label imprint Prediction Records.As main songwriter and founder member of Kaiser Chiefs, Hodgson already has an enviable record of global hits under his belt, including number 1 single Ruby and I Predict A Riot. Since leaving the band in 2012 he has written and produced for other artists, and has seen success in this new world with the likes of Mark Ronson, John Newman, Hurts and Ratboy. A solo career was not something Hodgson was even considering, as he explains: It was a long time since Id written a song just for myself and then I wrote Thank You.Thank You was written one night in Leeds when Hodgson was suffering from manflu and waiting for an email that never arrived about a track he had co-written for another artist. It proved a pivotal moment in the making of Tell Your Friends, and was quickly followed by first single Suitable and RSVP in the same week: I suddenly thought, OK, lets make this a proper album.All the tracks were written and recorded at Hodgsons home studio in London in the summer of 2017. And as quickly as the ideas came to fruition, the album was completed when he couldnt write any more and knew that it was finished. It was produced alongside Dave McCracken (Ian Brown, Depeche Mode) whom he met on the Ivor Novello judging panel, highlighting again the serendipitous creation of Tell Your Friends.Hodgson played all the instruments himself, aside from a guitar solo by Kaisers cohort, Whitey on Feel Better, violin on Dont Forget To Go To Sleep courtesy of Anna C Hodgson, and My Own American Dream features The Musics Rob Harvey (keeping it in the Leeds family) on backing vocals.Adept at his craft, Tell Your Friends marks Hodgsons leap from band member to solo artist, and is a collection of songs that sees him expressing himself in a more personal way than ever before: The lyrics are very honest, I wanted to express myself on this record, delve a little deeper and draw out some feelings Id never touched on in songs before Id mainly written with someone elses voice in mind, so the lyrics would reflect that. I would shy away from writing very personal things, but with this album I thought theres no point doing it unless its honest.Encompassing his knack for a melody, the album basks in his ability to conjure a great lyric and punchy chorus, be it about love, frustration or fear.