"Through my toughest period, came the realisation of the importance to create," says Walter Kocays, the Manchester-based, Stoke-born Alternative-Folk artist. Influenced by artists such as John Martyn, Kae Tempest, Stephen Fretwell and James Blake, whilst often accompanied in a live capacity by violin, keys and bass, Kocays fronts an amalgamation of power, hypnotism and melancholy covering themes of personal struggle, love and society
. Since the dawning of the project, Kocays persists to hone his niche whilst making notable performances alongside the likes of Cast and The La's John Power, Gomez's Ben Ottewell, Starsailor's James Walsh, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, The Scratch, Luke De-Sciscio and Judy Blank. 
 Released in November 2022, the project's debut EP All My Love & Shame. received high praise from the likes of BBC Introducing. EP Tracks such as Observe, Don’t Try. and Let This Be have been featured on Amazing Radio and Amazing Radio US’s Folk Playlist. Kocays's new release Explicitly, I've Told. follows a tale of love, loss and illusion. Kocays states that the new single is “a declaration of love. As the music tells a story within itself, the lyrical content makes no apologies in its presentation of honesty towards the way in which I felt at the time of writing."