Hometown and/or Current City: Ocean, NJ
Keywords: Americana, Folk Rock, Punk, Alternative

My Cruel Summer is an Americana rock band from New Jersey. Founding members are Marc Del Giudice (Lead singer, Guitar), Brian Morelli (Drums), and Dave Ricco (Bass Guitar). We formed in August of 2017 and released our self-titled debut album that same month. Produced by Pete Steinkopf, it captures the band in its rawest form.

We recently put out a brand new EP, titled Lower Voices, on May 23rd, 2018 (also, produced by Pete Steinkopf). It's been a busy year for us, putting out original content and playing shows to support it. We quickly made our way down to Asbury Park playing at such venues like The Asbury Hotel and The Asbury Park Yacht Club.

What's next is a string of shows in the New Brunswick and Asbury area of New Jersey to support our latest release. We hope our music reaches as much people as possible. That should be the only goal for any artist. Especially a new band like us. And that's our advice for any band. Never stop trying to push forward as an artist.

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Hometown and/or Current City: Brielle, NJ (Hometown); Morristown, NJ (Current City)
Keywords: Singer-Songwriter, Folk Rock

Punk Americana. That's what Sean Tobin has dubbed the unnameable genre of music that is his sound. As a solo artist who got his start playing covers in coffee shops, bars and basements around the New York TriState area, Sean's influences range from the Punk Rock sounds of the Stone Pony to the Country Western twang of a Chevrolet pickup and everything in-between.

Sean grew up in Brielle, New Jersey, just ten miles south of the music Mecca that is Asbury Park. Entranced by the rock n' roll scene of seaside bars and the innate rhythm of his home state, Sean wanted nothing more than to contribute a new sound to the symphony -- his sound.

When he was 20, Sean moved to Ireland for six months where he performed as a busker on the streets of Galway. Two years later, after getting a degree in Creative Writing from Fairfield University, Sean returned to Europe to walk El Camino de Santiago in Spain with nothing but his guitar and a backpack. He performed in every major city along the pilgrimage -- Leon, Burgos, and Santiago de Compostela -- and then continued his tour of Europe in Lisbon, Porto, Lagos, Madrid, Barcelona, Nice, and Rome. Three months later, he returned to his favorite streets in the city of Galway.

Sean recently released his first single, "Winter," which was written in deep connection to his youth in the hamlets of New Jersey. On Friday, July 13th, 2018, Sean will be releasing his debut album, This Midnight.

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