Picture you’re down in a nostalgic honky tonk bar. A country song is humbly filling the silence between barflies murmuring and the chink of glasses – it’s probably even coming from an actual jukebox, spotlighted by red neon. Crying steel licks… fiddles and guitars… That’s Blake Dantier.

But don’t be fooled. He aint just barroom background filler. His previous single Last Call is a gritty beer-soaked anthem, hell bent on a good time. Akin to a 90s country barn burner – a la Brooks and Dunn. The song you heard on the jukebox was probably his latest single, Layover. Its laid back, tropical groove makes you wish you were on a cruise ship (remember those?), sipping a pina colada at 11am in the morning.

Blake’s unique song writing has slowly, but surely, proved him one to watch; with all 4 of his self-penned singles earning a top 50 spot on Australia’s national Country airplay chart (CountryTown Hot 50). He even attracted the attention of Adam Harvey, who duets with him on the Spotify-only release, You Don’t Mix Whiskey. Showing that his vocals - and smoking tele licks - are equally at home on an alt-country ballad or a honky-tonk showstopper.

Blake’s long awaited, debut album is set for release in early 2022 - an unapologetically Country collection of bittersweet ballads, raucous barroom anthems and everything in between.