Sean Nicholas Savage

In the organizer's words:

Prolific songwriter and lush indie balladeer Sean Nicholas Savage explores warped takes on New Romantic pop with a sizable series of releases. Coming up as part of a thriving Montreal underground scene, his songwriting incorporated a plethora of influences and styles as it developed, with his different albums tying in elements of wistful sophisti-pop, breezy disco, and dabblings of folk balladry and city pop on his 2022 Mac DeMarco-produced effort, Shine. In 2024, Trilogy collected choice cuts from his early catalog, and in 2025, his next album, The Knowing embraced high-definition pop without a hint of shame.