Jeremy Warmsley blends keyboards, guitars and melodicas with poetical lyrics to create moving folk-pop. Aged 25 and with a degree in philosophy, Warmsley is currently working towards the launch of his second album How We Became, which will be released in September to build on his 2006 debut The Art of Fiction. He is also involved in his very own fly-on-the-wall documentary Welcome To Our TV Show. Filmed by Fay Buzzard and showcased online, the show comprises live performances from him and friends including Johnny Flynn and frYars, playing acoustic sets in his very own London living room. I spoke to him before his set at Nottingham's Dot to Dot Festival.

Dazed Digital: You play a variety of instruments. Which was the hardest to master?

Jeremy Warmsley: The instrument of common sense, because it's all very well learning to play instruments like the guitar, piano, drums, flute etc., but really it is far more sensible to find someone else who has already mastered it. I play all the guitars and piano or keyboards but other people do the rest.

DD: Why did you decide to become musician?

JW: I just really like making music. It wasn't always what I wanted to do, when I was a kid I wanted to become a computer game designer and then I wanted be the worlds first philosophical detective. I was going to put an advert in the Loot saying "Problem Solved" and leave my number.

DD: You have always worn glasses, so what's your reaction to the new "fake glasses" trend?

JW: People wearing fake glasses are absolutely outrageous. Fashion is a fleeting thing; I will still be wearing glasses in a year's time, not because it is fashionable but just because without them I can't see!

DD: Where do you see yourself in five years' time?

JW: It's hard to say, five years ago I was either going to be a philosopher or in a really indie band so in five yearss time I could be anywhere between dead and the front page of Heat Magazine!

DD: Why did you decide to cover New Order's "Temptation"?

JW: I played it at Reading Festival, which I accidentally ended up headlining, and it got a really good reception so everybody told me I should release it. It is on the B-side to my new single with Emmy The Great called "The Boat Song" [out now on Trangressive Records].

DD: Is there anything in day-to-day life that inspires your music?

JW: I guess it's the art I consume that affects my music. A song on the album Dancing With the Enemy is based on a book I read about Jersey when it was invaded by the Nazis and the soldiers were put up with the local families and, as a result, romance evolved between the girls from the houses and the soldiers. I wanted to generate a level of empathy for the girls, as the way the book had addressed the issue was very much "the less that's said about the product of these relationships, the better."

DD: Sum up what it is to be Jeremy Warmsley.

JW: I am a very analytical soul and like to question things and give answers to everything.