website years_active label image_size article_title background birth_date instrument genre origin name occupation
-lsb- http://www.brunomerz.com/ brunomerz.com -rsb- 2006 -- present black robin records 250px bruno merz
 solo_singer 23 september 1976 guitar , piano acoustic , folk waikato , new zealand bruno merz singer , songwriter
bruno merz

multi-instrumentalist , singer / songwriter bruno merz grew up in new zealand to dutch parents .
around the age of twenty , his search for ` home ' led him as far from new zealand as possible .
penniless and scared , possessing only high hopes and a cheap guitar , he traveled through france working on farms for food and pocket money , until he eventually found his way to amsterdam .
there , he worked a number of jobs and recorded his first album of demos of songs written during his travels , called ` through darkness into day ' .
one track from this album , ` nine sixteen ' , was chosen as the itunes/starbucks pick of the week in 2009 .
as word quickly began to spread and demand for shows grew , he recorded his first ep entitled ` departing from crowds ' in 2009 , which has received critical praise .
a tune from this ep , ` for you now ' , was used in the soundtrack to the hollywood film ` life as we know it ' , starring katherine heigl and josh duhamel .
bruno currently resides in leeds in the united kingdom where he also works as an illustrator -- mainly for children 's books and graphic novels .
in 2014 , he returned temporarily to his homeland of new zealand to record his latest full length album ` highways ' , which was released on 25 october , 2014 .
live performances starting in the united kingdom are also planned .
