[6] Soon after The King Blues' breakup, Itch flew to Los Angeles to begin working on solo material with collaborator John Feldmann of Goldfinger.

His first solo full-length, The Deep End, released in March 2014 by Red Bull Records,[7] featured guest appearances by Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday, Matisyahu, and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.

[9] Itch fractured his heel during a show at London's Jazz Café in June 2013, and subsequently spent the rest of the summer on Vans Warped Tour in a wheelchair.

[11] Itch had massive success in Australia where his single "Another Man" was certified double platinum and remained in the top 50 for 14 weeks.

In June 2016, during their performance at the Glastonwick festival (where The King Blues were also playing), The Tuts referred to sexual assault and domestic violence allegations published in a blog by a former romantic partner of Itch.

[17][20][21] Default judgement was awarded towards Itch for one of the defamation cases he had initiated and was published on BAILII, citing that the defendant failed to respond to his claim.