Artist description Singer/Songwriter

Music Style Pop Singer and Songwriter

Musical Influences Popular Music

Similar Artists Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Aimee Mann, Wayne Coyne, Lloyd Cole, Jill Sobule, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, They Might Be Giants, Pavement, Jonathan Richman

Artist History "This songman from Toronto is some kind of genius--not the unerring kind, more the coruscating kind."-Robert Christgau, Village Voice "There's this sign around Dan Bryk's neck that threatens to strangle him every time he makes a move which reads 'Least Likely To'. While his better looking, easier-to-digest contemporaries keep hogging the limelight, Bryk ambles on, collecting accolades and fans, one heartfelt show at a time, with each precise, heartrending song played on a campus radio station at 2am...It's only a matter of time until people begin to really take note of this perplexing, talented asshole." -Karl Fixsen, Radio Soul. Born 1970. Debut CD "Dan Bryk, Asshole" released as a Canadian indie 1996 to glowing reviews. Signed with Scratchie/Mercury in 1998. "Dan Bryk Rocks Nobody" 3-song 7" (Eutectic) released late 1998. Bryk's new album "Lovers Leap" (Scratchie) was released Fall 2000 to critical acclaim and steadily growing audiences of music lovers. Bryk has shared stages with the cream of the new alt-pop songwriters like Fountains of Wayne, Howie Beck, Amy Correia, Sarah Slean, Lee Feldman, Chris Mills and Ron Sexsmith.

Instruments Kitchen Sink

Albums Lovers Leap (2000) Dan Bryk, Asshole (1996)

Press Reviews "A promising artist whose debut album, Lover's Leap, is truly exceptional. Bryk rocks out pretty hard for a piano player (he's also in the American Flag, a band noted for lo-fi arena rock in the same vein as Guided By Voices), but you can tell that beneath his bombast is a Burt Bacharach/Randy Newman fanatic. His songwriting is of a caliber to support such a comparison, and his ballads in particular are stunning enough to make conversation stop." -CMJ "A piano-powered blast of witty misanthropy" -Toronto Star "Man's answer to Ann Magnuson, Dan Bryk wields backhanded humor and a keen eye for the absurd details of modern life in his canny, bitingly sarcastic songs. Whether he's going it alone on piano or he's got the band along to egg him, Bryk's lyrics are always daringly frank and sparkling with insight." -Listen.Com "Bryk's songs are bits of shimmering head magic intended for the hyper-aware set." -Magnet

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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