Bryan Scary is the most fun you can have without a guitar. The man bangs the piano like a runaway train, utilizing the kind of deft skill usually associated with Elton John concerts and West Village piano bars. Scary packs the soul of Mark Ronson together with the vocal reach of Freddie Mercury… if the two of them decided to write a musical together about umbrellas and gamblers.
His debut record, ‘The Shredding Tears,’ was a breath of fresh air back in 2006, and since then, Scary and his glam-fabulous band have done everything they can to live up to their electro-goth-burlesque persona: From touring the country to readying their latest release.
With Scary’s latest ‘Daffy’s Elixir’ (stream it here) due April 24th on the forward-looking Brooklyn indie label Paper Garden records, it’ll be exciting to see how his mission is extended to include a "Western set during the Industrial Revolution, with an assorted cast of bandits, con men, hucksters, phonies, and all-around bad fellas." His words… not mine.
See the mad man himself when he plays Brooklyn Bowl to celebrate his album’s release, on April 24th. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)