Sean Nicholas Savage – Bermuda Waterfall

Sean Nicholas Savage – Bermuda Waterfall (Arbutus)

A mainstay of Montreal’s DIY scene, Sean Nicholas Savage says that while writing his new album, ‘There was a feeling of disappointment in communication with the people that I’m calling out to connect with through my performances and travels in the last year, a feeling of loneliness.’ Having witnessed his awkwardly naked and confrontational live show, such a revelation comes as little surprise. His spindly, mustachioed person and feather-light-sounding but heavy-hearted confessions, backed by cheesy adult-contemporary instrumentation, are neither sexy nor cool (at least not in a traditional sense). Few are brave enough to publicly embrace such vulnerability, much less be the one doing the soul-baring, but Savage’s willingness to do so is the key to his magic.