Kinder has released his debut album ‘Different’.

The album from songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Leo Wyatt goes through his recent life journey from finding himself after self-destructive behaviours took hold following the end of platonic and romantic relationships.

Speaking of this, Leo said: “I believe that this process, while long and drawn out, has helped me assess who I am as a human being on this planet and who I want to strive to be as I grow older. I want to be kinder, non-judgemental, forgiving and loving”.

To celebrate his album release, Leo shared with us 5 tracks that influenced ‘Different’.

Angel Olsen – Tonight | Listen via Spotify
This album in general was the main reason I decided to include orchestral elements into my music. The combination just works perfectly without sounding too much like film music. I ended up working with and becoming friends with Jherek who arranged the strings for this album, so it’s definitely a special one for me.

Moses Sumney – Polly | Listen via Spotify
Probably one of my favourite songs ever and lyrically a song I aspired to when writing the last few tracks of the album.

Blake Mills – Summer All Over | Listen via Spotify
This was a song we kept returning to as a mix reference for my piano.. it sounds like the microphones are inside the heart of the piano. So beautiful.

serpentwithfeet – bless ur heart | Listen via Spotify
This song is so real and raw and dramatic. I love how he opens his soul up… I dream of singing like that.

Radiohead – Daydreaming | Listen via Spotify
I could list a hundred Radiohead songs but maybe this one was the one that inspired the overall sonic aesthetic of my recent music.

You can listen to Kinder debut album ‘Different’ via Spotify below: