Antony Szmierek

Antony Szmierek is a Manchester writer and performer who came to music through spoken word and worked as an English teacher before music took over. His tracks set talked, storytelling verses against piano house, breakbeats and indie-dance production, so the drop often arrives in the middle of an anecdote about a bus stop or a family argument.

Singles such as 'Rave Weather' built his audience before his debut album, 'Service Station at the End of the Universe'. On stage he performs with a live band, which pushes the songs closer to a club set than a poetry reading.