Music Box season 2, session #17: Mondo Cozmo

US artist dropped by after a London gig to play three tracks from his debut album

It's always ace to hang out with Josh Ostrander (Mondo Cozmo).

We invited him to the Music Box studio after a big summer of touring - and apparently after a pretty heavy post-gig party - because we love his debut album Plastic Soul.

If you haven't seen one of the band's live shows then you need to get down to one sharpish, they are as electrifying as anything we've ever seen.

Seeing Josh and James strip the songs off Plastic Soul down for Music Box was really special - Josh is a superb songwriter and the pair of them managed to make this one of the best sessions so far.

Watch Mondo Cozmo's session below:

In a recent interview Josh told The Independent how he played in a bunch of different bands before landing on Mondo Cozmo.

"I paid my dues, and I couldn't be prouder of the fact that it it took this long to happen," he said. "Looking back at it now, it's almost overwhelming, the amount of work that went into writing 'Shine' and to come up with the ideas that we're doing now."

Plastic Soul, Mondo Cozmo's debut album, is out now via Island Records - he's currently on tour in the US.

Thanks to: Mondo Cozmo/Josh Ostrander, James, Louisa Worskett, the team at Island Records and Universal, Sennheiser, and The Independent video team

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