Biography
There are two artists named Mr. Henry. A singer-songwriter from Italy and a rock band from New York City.
1) Mr. Henry is a New York band. And an American band. A band that – in the words of NY Press’ 1997 IntelFest Critic’s Pick – "proves why intelligent, heartfelt words plus a solid 4/4 punch remains irresistibly moving". Full details can be found on their website http://www.mrhenry.com/.
2) The debut in the record industry of Mr.Henry, singer-songwriter, aspires to be one of the most confident and disquieting characters in the Italian alternative scene.
His gut passion for blues brings him to be drawn to various local bands until personal as well as musical issues push him towards a search for a more personal vision with the subsequent withdrawal from the scene which he had lived and frequented until then.
In the next three-four years, 100 or so songs were born, the majority of which were short and intimate: personal displays, which Mr.Henry has fun distorting and rendering unpredictable, as much in the English lyrics as in the structure of the tunes.
On stage, Mr.Henry is able to wriggle, writhe, sway, shout and mistreat his guitar as if he is playing punk, giving life and very physical and intense performances.
The inspiration, for Mr.Henry, is to transport oneself in the spirit of two albums in particular: Grace by the late Jeff Buckley, and The heart Of Saturday Night by Tom Waits, even though his own production dismisses both these to give life to a particularly personal style, and physically, more visceral. His deep voice reminds us of artists such as Mark Lanegan and Steve Von Till and his technique is, on some levels, similar to artists such as Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) and Ed Harcourt, without ignoring some apocalyptic folk eccentricity.
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