| his writing comes fast
and furious. the music soars. smart-pop with a tough american sensibility that recalls seymour’s roots in springsteen’s red bank, new jersey. a true independent success story: the spring 2005 release, perfectly wrong, is seymour’s sixth release on his label bamu ventures including the much acclaimed 'when i was blonde'. seymour is riding a nice wave after releasing ‘blonde’ in japan and placing the song ‘i go happy’ in a national ad campaign with pennsylvania tourism. |
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"from his early acoustic based
material to the more exciting new pop leaning songs, brian is a
musical force to be reckoned with both locally and nationally."
"this is one artist that is lyrically fine-tuned. before you convince yourself that "true" music evaporated when mtv emerged, consider a listen..." girlything.com |
| "the singer/songwriter, who
now splits his time between los angeles and new york, widens his horizons
with the best new compositions, judas kiss and old soul, whose marriage
of modern rock and orchestral touches would sound at home alongside
coldplay and our lady peace on y100." philadelphia citypaper, may 2003 |
THE PERFORMING SONGWRITER DIY SPOTLIGHT 7: BRIAN SEYMOUR ”it’s evident from the studied and confident stance of when i was blonde that brian seymour is no newcomer to the diy game. couched within the framework of a superbly produced album are 10 intense, finely honed songs that show seymour to be a writer of serious vision in the vein of david gray, paul westerberg and elvis costello in his ability to embed intelligent, incisive snapshots of thought in a crafty pop song. the philly songwriter has been doing this quite effectively since 1996 and has five full-length solo releases and one ep under his belt. and there’s more where that came from.” november 2004 |
"brian seymour has recorded one of the best sounding
discs from a local artist that we've ever received at y100! the songs
are strong, the production and performances are up to major label
quality, and he seems to have the talent to bust out in a big way."
jim mcguinn, program director y100, philadelphia |
