Taking inspiration from Pop, Jazz, Reggae and Funk, twenty year old Steve Appleton has an ear for a tune and an eye for an incredible live show and wrote and produced his entire album.
When The Sun Comes Up is an album about all sorts of life experiences and Steve sings about everything from funky venues to one night stands and ruling the world. The albums title track is the celebratory sound that perfectly encapsulates the big nights out of which young life is made; if it were a TV show, it would most definitely have to be Skins. When The Sun Comes Up is an album truly about being and feeling young.
Steve Appleton was born and raised in Surrey and from the age of fifteen was playing piano in a swanky Soho eatery performing his own material and covers from the likes of Elton John to Billy Joel. He signed to RCA Label Group in the Summer of 2007 after which he disappeared inter-railing for a month before knuckling down to finish his debut album whilst his friends went off to University.
Since then Steve has furthered his travels with publicity shoots in Miami, New York and LA and a trip to Cape Town where the video for Dirty Funk was filmed with Director Robert Hales (Justin Timberlake, Mark Ronson, Oasis and Kings of Leon). He has performed alongside the likes of John Legend, The Saturdays and The Twang along with headlining his own gigs up and down the country from Glasgow to London. Adding to his live CV, Steve also performed at last years Wireless and Hard Rock Calling festivals. Steve was in Japan several times last year, where his single Dirty Funk was number 1 in the airplay charts for 6 weeks, he topped the year off there with his own headline tour.| |
