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Under the title Hallelujah Showers, Christian Sean presents his debut LP, to be released in January 2025 via Bonsound. Immersive and highly melodic, these seven self-produced tracks blend brash electronic ventures with ethereal vocal layering. The result is a haunted vision of progressive pop, refracted through the prism of experimental recording. Bass-heavy sample collages (Cold Water) live alongside hyperkinetic freak-outs (Little Dove), solemn spirituals (Young), and hypnotic hooks (All In Your Hands). On single Eventide, Christian’s sweet falsetto soars among unsettling drones, pulsating cellos and a funked out rhythm section. On centerpiece Carole, gentle flutes hover atop a mangled drum machine, while a celestial choir ushers in the song’s towering second act ; a dramatic melee of harpsichords and swirling synthesizers. Hallelujah Showers is rife with the meticulous ambition of pop auteurism, without ever abandoning the quirks that make it feel distinctly homespun.
Inspired by left-field innovators such as Björk, Tirzah and Yves Tumor, as well as by mainstream pop masterminds like Max Martin, Timbaland, and Brian Wilson, Christian’s songcraft is the ideal vehicle for his symbolic, instinct-driven lyricism, further blurring the lines between the accessible and the abstract. On Hallelujah Showers, he explores the oscillation between judgment and forgiveness, using water as a recurring symbol for the invisible forces that bind humans interpersonally and the intangible, often unconscious content that gets passed between two individuals: emotion, intention, sexuality.
released January 31, 2025
Written, composed and produced by Christian Sean
Engineered by Christian Sean
Mixed by Francis Major and Nicolas Roberge
Mastering by Philip Shaw Bova
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