Southampton is truly striking out on its own with this local hero. Peter is a Southampton talent signed to the new Southampton-based Profile Music Management.

Now 30 and married with kids, Peter has been involved in music since his teenage years and wasted no time informing his own band.

Peter cites his influences as Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell and Tori Amos. Others have likened his first album to Coldplay and Travis. The man himself is not keen to be pigeonholed into a commercial category and his aim is to sell the music that he wants to write and produce rather than writing for a specific market.

Paul Sansome, Managing Director of Profile said, "Listening to bands every day sometimes turns music quite flat, but the first time I heard the music of Peter J Croissant, I felt refreshed."

He provides something of a dream package to the record company as a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter as well as producing and engineering his own work. Following a successful gig at the Joiners last month, Peter will play London's Rock Garden on 23 June. Tickets including coach travel from Southampton can be purchased from the artist's website: www.peterjcroissant.com.