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Birth name | Brandon Roy Wronski |
Born | May 22, 1988 |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Unsigned |
Associated acts | Dead Letter Diaries, Eye Alaska, Under the Canary Dynasty, Alesso |
Website | royenglish |
Brandon Roy Wronski is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. After being a member of Dead Letter Diaries, he was a founding member of Eye Alaska in 2006 and of the musical project Under the Canary Dynasty. Adopting the name Roy English, he presently works as a solo artist. He has also written and produced alongside many well known names.
Wronski started his career in the musical band Dead Letter Diaries. In 2006, he and Cameron Trowbridge, another member of the Dead Letter Diaries became founding member of an American indie-rock band Eye Alaska with other members being Christopher Osegueda, Chase Kensrue and Han Ko. The band toured the United States from 2007–2011. Signed to Fearless Records, in 2008 the band released its EP Yellow & Elephant and in 2009, the album Genesis Underground.
In 2011, he announced that Eye Alaska would disband. Instead, with Dead Letter Diaries and Eye Alaska guitarist, Cameron Trowbridge by his side, Brandon Wronski announced the musical project Under the Canary Dynasty. With the announcement, he declared he would take the moniker Roy English.
In 2012 while in the process of moving to Boise, Idaho to work at a Pizza Hut, he met producer Jeff Bhasker who then helped English on his songwriting and production skills.
He was signed by Jason Flom to Lava and Republic Records in April 2013, only to be dropped one year later in April 2014. Despite being dropped, later that year English signed a publishing deal with Janice Brock and Guy Moot at Sony ATV for Europe.
English completed some production on Lana Del Rey’s single "I Can Fly,” alongside Rick Nowels and S1 which was featured in Tim Burton’s 2014 movie Big Eyes.
Roy toured with pop-punk band, 5 Seconds of Summer opening for their latest tour, Sounds Live Feels Live. He, alongside another opening band, Hey Violet, also signed to 5 Seconds of Summer's label, Hi or Hey Records.