Ezra started out by uploading videos to YouTube of himself performing self-penned songs, before catching the attention of Columbia Records in 2012, when he was 18.

"[1] Wanted on Voyage was recorded between early November 2013 and mid January 2014 at producer Cam Blackwood's Voltaire Road Studios in Clapham, South London.

I looked into it and it turns out that back in the day if you were travelling overseas by boat, you would write 'wanted on voyage' on your hand luggage, and that was what you wanted with you for the journey, while everything went on cargo.

"Blame It on Me" was released as the fourth single from the album on 11 August 2014, reaching number 6 to become Ezra's second UK top-10 hit.

Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave Wanted on Voyage a positive review, stating "Playing guitar, bass and keyboards, Ezra delivers structurally simple songs with enormous gusto, suggesting an uncynical, joyous release in the very act of making music.

Producer Cameron Blackwood was once a member of the touring line-up of Alabama 3 and has clearly learnt a few tricks about updating old grooves.

Ezra’s fluid vocals shift up the register to a trembling falsetto, adding a very contemporary sensitivity to a musical cocktail that wouldn’t have sounded out of place in a Greenwich folk club in the Sixties.

"[6] Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote: "...the chief pleasure on these tunes is that Ezra has found a slightly less well-worn way to skin the cat of romantic competition.

"[11] Timothy Monger of AllMusic stated that the album's mix of "scrappy romps" and "quirky, synth-laden indie pop tunes" offer up "enough diversity to keep things interesting.

[16] The album has also charted in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.

[17] By the end of 2014, Wanted on Voyage had sold 678,156 copies in the UK,[18] making it the third best-selling album of the year.