Sebastian Schub has shared his new track ‘Sing Like Madonna’.
The songwriter cut his teeth at Camden open mic landmark Spiritual Bar, the launchpad for artists like Michael Kiwanuka and Jade Bird. A North London sweat pit, crowds are pushed up against the performers, who often have to fight to be heard.
It’s hard that Sebastian Schub developed his style – pushing back against the crowd, he would win them over, impressed by his bold sense of purpose. Reflecting on this period recently, he commented: “That bar was the perfect schooling for me. There was always a direct and immediate response from the audience. Often brutal. A moment of silence at the beginning quickly followed by chatter and drunken rumble. Extending those moments of silence became somewhat of a life’s mission.”
Out now, ‘Sing Like Madonna’ finds Sebastian stepping away from the open mic, and out into the world. There’s a refreshing directness here, a melodic potency that seems to ring out from each note, and hyper-charge each word.
Pushing ahead with his sonorous baritone, Sebastian Schub has something special. Of the new single, he says: “I wrote ‘Sing Like Madonna’ last summer over three months in my basement. At the time I was busy gigging a few times a week. And I was growing increasingly despondent and disillusioned in the pursuit of the dream. The songs was born from a desire to mean something, to be able to leave a mark.”
Tune in now.