Following the release of his debut single Cold Water earlier this year, Christian Sean unveils Eventide, a swirling, gorgeous piece of pop songcraft. Just like its predecessor, this slow-burning second single is taken from Hallelujah Showers, Christian’s debut album to be released on January 31st, 2025 via Bonsound.
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At the heart of Eventide is an indelible, mournful and triumphant vocal melody, enveloped in masterful arrangements of orchestral grandeur produced with beatmaker sensibilities. Cascading strings fuse with celestial choirs as Christian’s sweet falsetto soars above a tapestry of unsettling drones, pulsating cellos and a funked out rhythm section. Eventide is raw, anthemic and vaguely psychedelic, with oblique lyrics that ponder dilemmas of judgment and forgiveness.
Born from a meditation session, the song came to Christian Sean in a single flash, taking him only thirty minutes to sketch out. Its beatific feel splices together those early M.I.A. mixtapes with the lush arrangements of George Martin and a dose of 21st century pop maximalism for good measure. Just like the other songs on Hallelujah Showers, Eventide manages to sound daring and avant-garde without sacrificing melodicism and catchiness. It's strange, no matter how weird the idea starts out, it almost always ends up becoming a pop song somehow, muses Christian. I love pop music with all my heart. It's a language I revere.
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About Hallelujah Showers
Hallelujah Showers blends brash electronic ventures with ethereal vocal layering, resulting in a progressive pop sound that strikes the perfect balance between irresistible melodies and ambitious experimentalism. From bass-heavy sample collages to hyperkinetic freak-outs, solemn spirituals and hypnotic hooks, its seven self-produced tracks are as eclectic as they are cohesive, immersive and melodic.
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.
About Christian Sean
Christian Sean is a believer in the transformative power of pop music. As a kid, he was drawn to indie rock and left-field electronics, part of a Montreal scene that disavowed commerciality in favour of innovation. Over time, however, he surrendered to his true calling – making the best music of his life with a unique blend of melodic sensibilities and avant-garde experimentation.
Music runs deep in his soul. The early years of his childhood were nomadic – born in Switzerland to American parents who were members of a Christian cult, they travelled across Europe and the Southern states before his mother finally escaped and settled in Montreal. Granted a non-religious childhood, he revelled in freedom, and this independence rings out in his art.
Starting with the guitar at the tender age of 10, he was gifted his first sampler at the age of 14 – the hallowed Roland SP-404. Watching indie bands perform around Montreal, he started a group with a bunch of teenage friends, playing DIY shows at warehouse spaces and house parties. Like most teenage bands, it didn’t last long. When the group dissolved he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, spending six months in student dorms focusing on his music.
Emboldened, Christian Sean returned to Montreal and threw himself into the city’s music scene. Whether it was touring arenas in a pop star’s backing band or playing a left-field electronic show in an art gallery, he’d tackle each opportunity with complete commitment. Having spent the last few years honing his craft, he is now ready to reveal the fruits of his creativity with Hallelujah Showers, his debut album due out January 31st, 2025 via Bonsound.