Nick Mulvey (born 4 November 1984) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He played the Hang as a founding member of the band Portico Quartet. In 2011, he launched a solo career, releasing the EPs The Trellis (2012) and Fever to the Form (2013) and the full-length album First Mind (2014 ), which received a Mercury Music Prize nomination. His second album, Wake Up Now, was released on 8 September 2017.
Beginnings Mulvey grew up in Cambridge and attended Chesterton Community College and Long Road Sixth Form College. At the age of 19 he moved to Havana, Cuba, to study music and art. On returning to the UK, Mulvey enrolled at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies to study Ethnomusicology.
Portico Quartet
While studying ethnomusicology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Mulvey met the other members of Portico Quartet. The band consisted of Cambridge school friend Duncan Bellamy (drums), Jack Wyllie (soprano and tenor saxophone), and Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass). Their debut album Knee-deep in the North Sea, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize alongside Radiohead, Elbow, and Adele. The album's title was mentioned in the closing words to Alt-J's song Dissolve Me. Portico Quartet released their second album Isla on 9 October 2009 through Real World Records.
Solo career Mulvey left Portico Quartet in 2011 to focus on a solo career as a singer-songwriter. He released his first EP The Trellis in November 2012, and his second, Fever to the Form in July 2013. On his autumn 2013 tour with Laura Marling, he performed in symphony halls across the UK, naming Marling as a great influence to his solo music.
In 2014, Mulvey played Wonderfruit in Thailand.
On 16 May 2017, Mulvey announced the single "Unconditional", and on 20 May 2017 announced the album Wake Up Now, released on 8 September 2017. Two further singles were released: "Myela" (about the European migrant crisis) and "Mountain to Move".
Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK BEL (Fl) FRA NED SCOPeaks in Scotland: First Mind: New Mythology: First Mind Released: 12 May 2014 Label: Fiction Format: Digital download, CD, LP 10 127 196 58 10 BPI: Gold Wake Up Now Released: 8 September 2017 Label: Fiction, Universal Format: Digital download, CD, LP 25 149 — 46 56 New Mythology Released: 10 June 2022 Label: Fiction, Universal Format: Digital download, CD, LP 50 — — — 18 Dark Harvest, Pt. 1 Released: 6 June 2025 Label: Supernatural Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP — — — — — Dark Harvest, Pt. 2 Released: 24 October 2025 Label: Supernatural Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays Title Details Certifications The Trellis Released: 25 January 2013 Label: Communion Records Format: Digital download Fever to the Form Released: 17 June 2013 Re-released: 10 January 2014 Label: Communion Records, Universal Music Group Format: Digital download BPI: Silver Wake Up Now (Unplugged) EP Released: 13 October 2017 Label: Fiction Records Format: Digital download Dancing For The Answers EP Released: 18 May 2018 Label: Fiction Records Format: Digital download Begin Again Released: 10 July 2020 Label: Fiction Records Format: Digital download
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK SCOPeak positions for singles in Scotland: For "Cucurucu": 2013 "Nitrous" — — First Mind 2014 "Cucurucu" 26 30 BPI: Silver "Meet Me There" — — "I Don't Want to Go Home" — — 2017 "Unconditional" — — Wake Up Now "Myela" — — "Mountain to Move" — — "We Are Never Apart" — — 2018 "In Your Hands" — — 2019 "Moment of Surrender" — — rowspan="2" "In the Anthropocene" — — 2022 "Star Nation" — — New Mythology "A Prayer of My Own" — — "Brother to You" — — "Mecca" — — 2024 "Freedom Now"(with Golshifteh Farahani and Arooj Aftab) — — 2025 "Radical Tenderness" — — Dark Harvest, Pt. 1 "Holy Days" — — "River To The Real" — — "Every Open Heart" — — Dark Harvest, Pt. 2 "Supernatural Healing" — — "Find Me" — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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