Canadian-American songwriter Mery Steel wants to melt your ice-cold heart. Fortunately for them, you won't be able to help it: that's just the temperature they operate at. Don't be surprised if you burst into tears while dancing and scream-singing. It’s by design.
After being a hired gun for nearly two decades, Mery—not over-committed with sessions and
gigs for the first time—started their own project in 2019. It started as a heartfelt egress and
gift to share with a paramour. But life has a funny way of catalyzing entirely different agendas. Old loves drift; new encounters wash ashore. Friendships turn abrupt corners.
Hearts bruise.
Emotional upheaval is a material force in Steel’s songwriting: undulating, color-changing, and ultimately wild. Turbulent passion kindled a renewed vow to their craft; now as a self-possessed and accomplished songwriter. Every generation deserves beloved songwriters to tell stories about the state of ecstasy and heartache with timeless mastery. Songs that endure for generations. Mery Steel is on their way to becoming just that—an enduring, cross-generational songwriter and beloved storyteller.
Steel released her debut album “She’s Back” on January 1. With that collection of sinuous alt-country tearjerkers and a follow-up already in the works, Steel is well-rigged: with their guitar, a top-tier band, and an ineffable inner flame to bring audiences.
Photo Credit: Nick Fancher 2023