2009 collection of rare tracks from the catalog of London-based singer/songwriter Matt Hales (AKA Aqualung). Though he had been writing and performing in the UK with various projects, it wasn"t until 2002 that Hales began creating music under the Aqualung name. His music began attracting the attention of various advertising agencies and, by the time he had released the first Aqualung album, his music had already achieved a fair amount of success by way of a VW Beetle TV ad. Since then, Hales has released a handful of critically successful albums and has had more of his music featured in TV advertising. Vol. 1: B-Sides features 12 tracks including a version of his U.S. hit "Brighter Than Sunshine" as well as his collaboration with Nitin Sawhney, "Falling". V2.