Strawberry Guy is the name used by Welsh-born, Liverpool-based artist Alexander Stephens for his softly delivered, hyper-melodic symphonic pop. He used to be the keyboardist in The Orielles but left to release his debut solo album back in 2021 and has spent the last five years readying his second album, Give Me a Dream.
On paper it may seem a longer than average time to work on an album, but the results help explain the lengthy gestation. His music to date has largely been recorded in this bedroom and in many ways he fitted the image of your archetypal lo-fi-DIY-bedroom artist but Give Me a Dream was recorded at the legendary Sonic Ranch studio in Texas. “Going from my bedroom to probably one of the best studios in the world was…

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