Moncrieff's style is a contemporary take on Soul and Blues, powered by his stadium-sized vocals, which he adored as a child. Neo-noir-soul is the name he uses to describe his unique blend of gritty blues and urban pop elements, which he describes as an "alternative songwriting sensibility."
With over 12 million Spotify streams and 40 million YouTube views on "Serial Killer," his first EP 'The Early Hurts', and his breakthrough radio song "Like I Do," he has garnered approximately 12 million audience impressions and 7m STREAMS, as well as over 150k Spotify monthly subscribers. For his first headlining Irish tour (including 800 cap Dublin's Academy) Moncrieff sold out in less than three hours.
Moncrieff, an Irish-born singer and songwriter, has recently signed to Energie Musik, a German record company, after performing with Adele and impressing Elton John and Avicii with his compositions. Even if you don't know the words, you'll be able to sing along by the time the song ends. It's a song about accepting and living with the flaws of others, and it has a comforting, "warm" sound to it. It's not only a love tale, it's a storey of youth and what truly matters in life, the tiny things that we take for granted, like rainy nights and bright days, and learning to value sharing moments in our lives together.
At 16, he discovered vintage Soul and R&B, listening to artists like Otis Redding, Etta James, and Ray Charles while growing up in the country. The death of his sister and his elder brother prompted him to turn to music as a means of coping with the grief and mental upheaval. You simply don't have the means to express yourself when you are a teenager, and you can't put it into words," says the singer, who started out in a cover band before moving to London to concentrate on his music and his craft.
It didn't take long for some of the greatest names to take note of "some banking guy" who gave support (and some drinks) during an early time of doubt: Shortly after his first single was out, he found that even Sir Elton John had played the song on his programme, thanks to a friend who convinced him to do background vocals for Adele when she was filming a BBC performance. Moncrieff had already booked a trip to Los Angeles, where he was scheduled to collaborate with Avicii, just before the Swedish superstar producer's death.
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