WHAT IT IS: The Vancouver-born, L.A.-based singer/songwriter is a critics’ favorite whose debut album lived up to the immense hype that built up in the wake of his singles, “True Love,” “Without You” “Hollywood” and “How Could You Babe.” As Rolling Stone put it, the album is “is one of the most anticipated of the year, full of sunny-but-wrenching piano-pop ballads.”

ALBUM: Goon

RELEASE DATE: 3/17/15

SINGLE: “How Could You Babe,” “Without You”

TV: Conan, Fallon

LIVE: Currently on U.S. and Euro tour

INTERNET: 19k+ Facebook likes, 7k Twitter followers, 6k+ Instagram followers; 480k+ views on “How Could You Babe” video

RADIO: Zane Lowe session for BBC Radio 1; NPR World Café, NPR Weekend Edition

PRESS: Features from N.Y. Times, Pitchfork, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, The Guardian, Village Voice, EW, Interview

BOOKINGS: U.S.: Tom Windish/Windish Agency; rest of world: Lucy Dickins/International Talent Booking

PUBLISHING: UMPG

MANAGEMENT: Ben Persky, Mason Klein/Mixed Mgmt.