| Wife | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | James Kelly |
| Alias: | Wife |
| Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
| Years Active: | 2012–present |
| Label: | Tri Angle, Left Blank |
| Past Member Of: | Altar of Plagues |
Wife is the solo project of Irish musician and singer James Kelly, formerly of the group Altar of Plagues. The first Wife single was released in October 2012 when Pitchfork premiered "Bodies".[1]
The debut Wife album, What's Between, was released on Tri Angle in June 2014 and featured additional production from the Haxan Cloak and Roly Porter. The video for lead single "Heart is a Far Light" was released in July 2014.
Kelly participated in the 2014 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy,[2] which took place in Tokyo, Japan.
Kelly grew up in the village of Ballinhassig. He studied environmental science at University College Cork and gained a masters in Conservation at University College London.[3]
In 2014, Wife made his debut in the United States, performing at Decibel Festival in Seattle as well as in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Wife has toured with the acts Zola Jesus and Liars. In September 2016, Wife toured with Animal Collective.[4] In 2016, Wife embarked on a month long European tour with Oathbreaker. Wife has performed at Sónar editions in Barcelona (2015)[5] and Reykjavík (2016).[6]
In 2014, Wife remixed the Dillinger Escape Plan single "One of Us is the Killer". In 2015, Wife co-wrote and co-produced the track "Waves" for Haleek Maul.[7] In 2015, Wife remixed AlunaGeorge single "Supernatural". Kelly co-produced the Zola Jesus single "Siphon" from the 2017 album Okovi. The single was named Best New Music by Pitchfork.[8]