Shamus Dark: A haunting philsopher of loss? A singer whose eerily subdued performances of both standards and originals have left critics gasping for more? A mixed up confusion of identities lost in his own world?
You decide.
Reclusive Songster Shamus can be heard on his debut album, "Songs For Suicidal Lovers", a collection of Noir Classics from the 'Forties to the 'Noughties. Here's what the critics are saying:
...think Massive Attack meets Scott Walker... Watching this performance is like watching a character step out of an old film only to find themselves in modern day London. It is very odd but utterly compelling. It could easily be very, very good and it quite possibly is.
johnny others indieoma.com
"“Songs for Suicidal Lovers” suggests the bastard lovechild of Frank Sinatra and Morrissey...".
"...a perfect soundtrack to a rainy, stormy day meant for you to stay indoors enjoying the cool of the muffled raindrops behind closed windows... while you sit in a long chair leaning back, eyes half closed, cigarette in one hand and a hard stiff drink in the other."
Think Mag, Issue 24, Singapore
Shamus has also been busy making videos - see them all here: