Black Fins

Ricky Montgomery’s “Black Fins” dives more deeply into the tragic history of what happened to his father’s passing; Ricky tries his best to put himself into his dad’s shoes on why he committed suicide, which sent him down a spiral for fourteen years of inquiry. This song is the third single for his sophomore studio album, Rick. The song was first mentioned by Ricky himself on an April 2023 live stream when a viewer asked the question, “What’s your girlfriend’s favorite song of yours?” to which he replied with Read more on Last.fm.

Ricky Montgomery was born in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1993. His father was a gaffer and his mother, a teacher. He moved to St. Louis with his mother in 2005 and began playing in bands around West St. Louis County at the age of 14. Before his solo work, he released music with local St. Louis bands Adversary In Arms, Carpathia, and Henry On The Run. After achieving success on Vine, Montgomery released his debut EP Caught On The Moon in the summer of 2014. Later, he extended the EP into a full debut album: Montgomery Ricky. Ricky has stated that he uses he/they pronouns. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.