Seb Black - On Emery Street - CD

SEB BLACK is a singer, songwriter, audio engineer, producer, video maker and a punk at heart - a charismatic misfit. Inspired by the musical cultures of the bilingual metropolis Montreal / Canada between Mississippi blues, French troubadours and classic country to punk, roots folk and electro rock. SEB BLACK mixes all these influences and gives an unmistakable stamp with his voice. His songs are an image of his city. Sometimes of fragile beauty, sometimes electrifyingly danceable, then thoughtful again, but always with this irresistible groove and unbridled drive.

"First and foremost, the music reflects our time. I think it's important to be contemporary. And it's normal to hear all these bastard styles in which the different universes meet. 'On Emery Street' is such a world."

And indeed, "ON EMERY STREET" seems like an old acquaintance, musical quotations flash and old stylistic devices are pulled out of the top hat and the magician SEB BLACK gives everything his unmistakable charm. It seems like a best-of collection because every song has hit character without being cheap, without sinking into the mainstream and above all without being a copy. His underdog stories are vicious, scathing but also seriously sad, SEB BLACK is a screaming blues, soulful storyteller, vulnerable ballad king and street punk. Fascinating, attractive and irritating at the same time.