Front man Mikelangelo has recently relocated his life from the streets of North Fitzroy to the coastal enclave of Tathra and it is a move that has probably saved his life.

“You either combust or you slow down,” he said.

The troupe will bring their “mafioso” style along to the launch of their new album titled After the Flood.

“It’s a great venue always full with an air of anticipation,” he said.

“When you can play a town of 300 people and pull a crowd of 200 then that’s pretty special.

“I don’t even get that down in Melbourne,” he added with a laugh.

Mikelangelo’s shows are a mix of serious content projected with a refined sense of humour.

“It is a theatrical, funny show,” he said.

“We don’t aim to be a comedy band, our themes are serious but we put it out there with character.

“We’ll take you to another world.”

After the Flood is the first album the band has written together, as a contributing group.

“The band is a collective and we’ve worked together on arrangements and each member has created their own character,” he said.

The group have worked in and around Cooma over the last two years writing material for a theatre show titled Ghosts in the Scheme and performed in September 2015 to packed houses at the Canberra Theatre Centre.

“As you get to know them the more lurid tales come out,” Mikelangelo said with a laugh.

In collaboration with the Canberra Theatre and South East Arts, the Black Sea Gentlemen worked alongside actors, community members and production company Big hART to create a work celebrating the intriguing stories and unique history of Cooma and the Snowy Mountains.

The work was described as a moving, down-to-earth show that reflects on a time in history when thousands of post-war European migrants flooded into this country to work on the Snowy River Scheme.

“My dad came out from Croatia and worked on the Snowy River Scheme,” Mikelangelo said.

“A lot of Australian women married European men like my mum and dad did.

“Most people don’t know Cooma was the first place in Australia to open an espresso bar, it was a really cultured place.”

The Candelo Hall doors will swing open from 7.30pm and support for the night will be local ragtime piano player Leanne Suffern. Tickets are $25/$35 and are available from Magpie Music in Bega or online at www.cas.org.au.