Buswell

Summing Buswell's musical style is an enigma in itself. Shaun Buswell is a singer/songwriter performing with between 5 and 20 musicians (or 50 if you include the shows with full symphony orchestra), scoring all the written parts but not being able to read music. Performing with classical string, brass and woodwind sections but making them play indie folk in the spirit of Captain Beefheart. Taking something akin to a movie filmscore and condensing it into a pop song.
The result of which in the last few years has seen them support or be supported by acts such as Foals, Amy MacDonald & Frank Turner, whilst completing three full UK tours, getting playlisted on MTV, reaching number 1 on the Amazon Hot 100 CD singles chart, as well as being heard on XFM and BBC's radiowaves.
The debut album "Buy Me New Shoes" received 10/10 and 9/10 in Rhythm'n'Booze and Whisperin' & Hollerin' magazine respectively.
"waterboys-esque" - The Independent
"like a mix between Natalie Merchant & Grant Lee Phillips" - BBCi
"Belle and Sebastian-come-Stars" - Indigo Flow
"imagine if the Arctic Monkeys had never heard Oasis and spent all their time listening to the Reindeer Section and Seafood instead." - High Voltage
"Prefab Sprout giving Julian Lennon a go on lead vocal with the ghost of 'Number 9 Dream' era Dad John proudly watching from above" - Losing Today Magazine
Buswell is currently recording a new album in Sweden and performing sporadic live shows across Europe.