Christian Sean releases live session featuring three tracks from debut album Hallelujah Showers

Christian Sean presents a two-part live session showcasing three songs (Hallelujah Showers, Cold Water and Eventide) from his debut album, shot in the famed Montreal studio Madame Wood. Director Didier Pigeon-Perrault captures the musician and his band’s raw, introspective charm, giving us a glimpse into the Hallelujah Showers live experience. Christian Sean will be performing the album in full at Le Ministère as part of POP Montreal tonight. Tickets are available here.

The session is split into two videos. The first one features Cold Water, introduced by the album’s title track. Squelches of synthetic bass pulsate beneath a pounding drum loop, propelled by a haunting topline detailing the rush of emotion that arises once the container of a relationship has collapsed. ​

The second video showcases Eventide, a swirling, gorgeous piece of pop songcraft on which cascading strings fuse with celestial choirs as Christian’s sweet falsetto soars above a tapestry of unsettling drones and pulsating cellos.

About Hallelujah Showers

Hallelujah Showers blends brash electronic ventures with ethereal vocal layering, resulting in a progressive pop sound that strikes the perfect balance between irresistible melodies and ambitious experimentation. From bass-heavy sample collages to hyperkinetic freak-outs, solemn spirituals and hypnotic hooks, its seven self-produced tracks are as eclectic as they are cohesive, immersive and melodic.

Inspired by left-field innovators such as Björk, Tirzah and Yves Tumor, as well as by mainstream pop masterminds like Max Martin, Timbaland, and Brian Wilson, Christian’s songcraft is the ideal vehicle for his symbolic, instinct-driven lyricism, further blurring the lines between the accessible and the abstract. On Hallelujah Showers, he explores the oscillation between judgment and forgiveness, using water as a recurring symbol for the invisible forces that bind humans interpersonally and the intangible, often unconscious content that gets passed between two individuals: emotion, intention, sexuality.

About Christian Sean 

Christian Sean is a believer in the transformative power of pop music. As a kid, he was drawn to indie rock and left-field electronics, part of a Montreal scene that disavowed commerciality in favour of innovation. Over time, however, he surrendered to his true calling – making the best music of his life with a unique blend of melodic sensibilities and avant-garde experimentation.

Music runs deep in his soul. The early years of his childhood were nomadic – born in Switzerland to American parents who were members of a Christian cult, they travelled across Europe and the Southern states before his mother finally escaped and settled in Montreal. Granted a non-religious childhood, he revelled in freedom, and this independence rings out in his art.

Starting with the guitar at the tender age of 10, he was gifted his first sampler at the age of 14 – the hallowed Roland SP-404. Watching indie bands perform around Montreal, he started a group with a bunch of teenage friends, playing DIY shows at warehouse spaces and house parties. Like most teenage bands, it didn’t last long. When the group dissolved he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, spending six months in student dorms focusing on his music.

Emboldened, Christian Sean returned to Montreal and threw himself into the city’s music scene. Whether it was touring arenas in a pop star’s backing band or playing a left-field electronic show in an art gallery, he’d tackle each opportunity with complete commitment. After spending the last few years honing his craft, he revealed the fruits of his creativity with Hallelujah Showers, his debut album, in January 2025.