Since 2007, Sam Isaac has been gigging across the country and releasing self-made EPs, garnering plenty of fans and radio play along the way.

The 23-year-old is finally releasing his debut album, Bears, this month and is celebrating with an instore performance at Banquet Records in Kingston.

“I recorded Bears last summer, so it has been a long time coming,” says Isaac. “I am really excited to finally be releasing it and for people to get a chance to hear the songs. It is a really good marker for where I am and I have already started working on the next album.”

Bears features a number of songs Isaac has honed over the past two years on the live circuit and he has been pleased to get the chance to do justice to some crowd favourites.

He says: “There are some songs that haven’t made it but there a couple, Sticks, Stars and Tape and Sideways, that we had to keep because the fans love them – they needed to my first definitive collection of songs.”

Along with building up a set of loyal fans, Isaac has attracted support from influential radio stations, recording sessions for Radio One, Radio Two, and XFM. So what does he put his broad appeal down to?

“I think it’s just songs,” he says. “You could argue that just makes me totally inoffensive!

“I would like to think they are songs anyone can pick up on and they stick in people’s heads – I think that’s why they have a broad appeal.”

Kingston is a place Isaac knows well, having played at Banquet Records and New Slang over the past couple of years, and he is looking forward to returning to his old stomping ground.

“I am playing with my full band,” he says. “There are six of us so it could be a drumkit-behind-the-counter kind of deal.

“I have done two or three instores there and it is always so much fun.

“Kingston has been really important for me as it has connected me with lots of other bands.

“The work that Banquet does is really incredible – it is like a home away from home for so many bands.”

Sam Isaac, Banquet Records, 52 Eden Street, Kingston, June 24, 6pm, for more information visit banquetrecords.com