Recorded at Neil Finn's Roundhead studio, Seth's debut album is a collection of fully fledged, clever and contagious pop songs that serve as a refreshing input to the current music scene.
Born in Wanganui, Seth took to music early, recording layered harmonies over the top of an instrumental track using a Panasonic cassette recorder at the young age of 8. Growing up in Rotorua, he continued to hone is craft, studying classical music at Rotorua Boys High and practicing at any spare moment he had.
In 2009, Seth presented demos of Bones and Owe You Nothing which ultimately lead to a direct signing to Sony Music New Zealand and the recording of his debut album. Working alongside musicians such as Godfrey De Grut (Che Fu), Nick Gaffney (Goldenhorse) and Chip Matthews (Opensouls), the resulting album delivered perfectly to the vision Seth set out to achieve.
“Writing the songs that have ended up on the album has been a revealing experience for me,” explains Seth. “I write best when I am feeling creative and in the middle of an emotion; whether it's joy, anger, love, frustration, or humour. And because of that I feel that my songs come out in a way that other people could also relate to.”
Seth has been active on the live circuit in the past 2 years, playing alongside Crowded House on their summer tour, opening for Train, Adam Lambert at Vector Arena and delivering a spellbinding performance at the Eli Paperboy Read concert.