With a touring schedule akin to the working ethic of a packhorse - but far from pedestrian in his output - singer-songwriter Sam Isaac is an inspiration to all those music-loving kids who sit in their bedrooms idly strumming chords and dreaming of getting signed – not to mention the provider of melodic explosions of picture-perfect pop! Forever happy to take to the road and play at house-parties, BBQ’s, festivals and whatever else takes his fancy (multi-storey car park, perhaps), Sam is another in a line of upbeat acoustic British artists (Get Cape, Frank Turner, Seth Lakeman) undeniably on his way to the stratosphere.

With an alluring throaty voice, soaring above energetic splashes of song, new single (and 10” split with the similarly hard-working Luke Leighfield) Sticker Star and Tape is a cracking introduction to Isaac’s work. With a sound hovering somewhere between The Spinto Band and Ed Harcourt, the single is released on Sam Duckworth’s (of Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly) label Mannequin republic and - if you like what you hear - you could even invest in his mini-album too and hold bragging rights over all your hippest friends by boasting that you were there at the beginning.

So what next for this acoustic troubadour as sultry spring melts into a sweltering summer? Well, quite a lot it seems as he’s just been booked to play Glastonbury. Oh, and Wireless. And Truck. And Latitude. Not to mention 2000 Trees, Marshmellow, and Kendal Rising. Busy summer Sam?