There was a stage in my life where I would spend hours upon hours on myspace.com going from one bands page to the next. It was doing this a few years ago that led to the discovery of Jenny Owen Youngs, the Age Of Rockets, Gregory and the Hawk, etc. One of my greatest ‘finds’ has been Thom Stone, who three or four years ago had only about 100 playcounts on the song that won me over, “She Knows” (one of the greatest summer songs), and played a few shows in some pubs in Manchester, UK. A miraculous discovery at the time, I must say. He has since gone on to release the EP Harmony on a Jet Plane which I blogged about here. Anyways, although he has yet to make it over to Canada, I am hoping the release of his NEW EP Hearts & Bones will sell enough copies to send him over this way!
Yes, a new EP! Not only that, but one that is double disked, therefore, it contains enough songs to tie me over until he releases more of his incredible, incredible music. Thank you to Josh from Airbag Recordings who sent me an advance copy of the EP which is to be released on May 25th, which everyone should buy here on that very day. Also, unfortunately, I won’t be able to make the EP launch in London at the Soho Arts Club on Frith Street, BUT, for those of you who reside in that part of the world, GO! Anyways, I’m going on my third time through both disks, and I am really quite impressed. He just does it for me, his voice, it has this constant air of ‘what the fuck ever’ in it, or something. You know? A Bob Dylan, no big deal, sort of appeal. The EP is bending a little more on the acoustica-americana-harmonica driven side of things, which makes it an IDEAL driving-through-the-alberta-praries-with-the-windows-down-because-you-don’t-have-air-conditioning-in-your-1982-VW-Jetta type of summer album. YES!
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any news coming ?
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