Iain Archer

Iain is a Grammy Nominated songwriter (Hold Back The River - James Bay), with two Ivor Novello Awards to his name (Hold Back The River; Final Straw album - Snow Patrol), and a third Ivor Nomination (Two Fingers – Jake Bugg) and has co-written a UK No.1 single (Run - Leona Lewis). With No.1 albums on both sides of the Atlantic , Liam Gallagher on his #1 solo album ‘As You Were’. Niall Horan’s debut album ‘Flicker’ hitting No.1 in the US, with Iain & Niall co-writing ‘Paper Houses’, this past year saw Iain contribute production and writing with Seagirls on their top 3 UK album and producing Snow Patrol’s ‘Reworked’ Album.

James Bay’s platinum smash ‘Hold Back The River’ took radio by storm across the world. Also on Bay’s No1 Album ‘The Chaos And The Calm’ were hit singles ‘Craving’ and ‘Best Fake Smile’, both Archer/Bay co-writes. Iain produced & co-wrote a number of tracks on Mercury Music Prize nominated Jake Bugg’s standout double platinum No.1 debut album, including hit singles ‘Lightning Bolt,’ ‘Taste It’ & ‘Trouble Town’. Much of Jake’s debut was recorded by Iain in his stunning London studio in the Belltower of a beautiful 19th Century church on the edge of Camden. 

Jake’s second album Shangri La (UK No.3) saw Iain co-write eight tracks and work with Jake and producer Rick Rubin on the album. Tracks included including 4 singles ‘Slumville Sunrise’, ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ , ‘Song About Love’ and ‘Messed Up Kids’. Contributing to Snow Patrol’s breakthrough multi-platinum album ‘Final Straw’, Iain co-wrote the huge hit ‘Run’ which went top 5 for the band and later to UK No 1 for Leona Lewis. In the past year, Iain has also seen his co-written single with Lisa Hannigan (Undertow) feature on acclaimed hit TV series ‘Normal People’ as well as solo music featuring in collaboration with ToyDrum on the soundtrack for ‘Two Weeks To Live’ SKY TV series.  Having previously taught songwriting at BIMM, Iain continues his role as visiting professor with Leeds College of Music, and is a fellow of the Seamus Heany Centre at Queens University, Belfast.