Draft:James is Going to Die Soon

James Is Going To Die Soon is the debut studio album by English anti-folk band Crywank, released on on streaming services on 1 September, 2010. It is self-released, it has been reissued by Suburban Miasma Records in 2011 and by Mount Seldom Records in 2018. The album has received mixed reviews.

Production
Jay Clayton began to work on James Is Going To Die in 2010. Posting often online about their new songs on the future record and released a full collection of demos in June 2010. The demos contained unreleased tracks such as 'Leidopterophobia' and 'Blur' as well as a different track-list order. Clayton has credited that their friends for help and used easy chords in songs due to how new they'd been at playing the guitar. The original title of the album was 'Narcissist on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown' but ended up being used as the name of the band's second album.

Clayton in an interview stated: "“James is going to die soon” was inspired by a painful break up, “I wrote these songs out of frustration and sadness and they ended up making me feel a lot better, I hope they have a similar effect on you”."

Personnel

 * Jay Clayton – vocals (all tracks) ; Guitar

Release and promotion
James Is Going To Die Soon was released originally on Tumblr on 24 August, 2010 via MediaFire; a file sharing site. On streaming services it officially released on Bandcamp on 1 September, 2010 on MP3 for free. The album received praise on Tumblr and Bandcamp. The album had limited run of cassette tapes in 2011 reissued by Suburban Miasma Records. In 2018, there had been another reissue of cassettes and CD's by Mount Seldom Records.

Reception
The album was reviewed by The Musicboard.