Fact sheet

Artist name Tom Milsom
Musical style Anti-folk, post-rock; (with a range from Gypsy-punk to thrash-metal)
Lryical style Clever rhymes, usually providing a humorous take on survival in a world of missed, tenuous, and broken connections. Tom’s world is perilous, heartbreaking, and very funny.
Instruments Ukulele, keyboards (including a vintage Casiotone MT-100), drums, guitar, bass, synthesizers, accordion, kazoo, banjo, mandolin, melodica, omnichord, organ, theremin, glockenspiel, and slide whistle
Interesting facts Over two-and-a-half million views on YouTube
50% of record sales and internet views from the United States
First Album, “Awkward Ballads for the Easily-Pleased” self-produced and published
Wrote lyrics for “I’ve Got Nothin” UK single that entered the charts at #36
Created more than twenty live and animated music videos in support of songs
Performed live in UK (since 2007)
Toured United States (summer 2009)
Composed seven hours of music in past three years
Writes, draws, and publishes two comic series, one online, one in print
Studied classical piano with Graham Jenkins, specializing in the seminal composers of the twentieth century, including Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and John Cage
Produced, co-wrote, and/or appears on seven additional albums of his label DFTBA Records (see Discography)
More information “Painfully Mainstream” debuts with launch parties in London (5 Dec 2009) and New York (12 Dec 2009)
Tours planned for UK (winter, spring of 2010) and U.S. (summer of 2010)
Interviews with Tom Milsom and reviews of “Painfully Mainstream” will be solicited for alternative press, web music sites, and radio
Website: www.tommilsom.com
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/hexachordal
MySpace: www.myspace.com/tomandhisuke
Contact US: Alan Lastufka, DFTBA Records, Telephone: +1 815.315.0346,

Email: alan@dftba.com

UK: Lauren Berry, Left Field Media, Telephone: 01737 831822

Email: lauren@leftfieldmedia.co.uk
  • Liina
    Long instruments list is long. :D You are so weirdly awesome, Tom. :D
  • V4mPirEzZZ
    Come to Greece!!!! We have good 'gyros' and seas!!!! ^.^ Love you Tom <3
  • Jay
    Come to Edinburgh please :) x
  • Sydney
    TOM YOU NEED TO COME TO CANADA! I mean... Please come to Canada oh amazingly talented good sir :P PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  • Aurelia
    Glockenspiel is German xD
  • caroline
    wow seriously a theremin!
    i didn't know you could even buy one of those anymore!
    i love my melodica <3
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  • "Tours planned for UK (winter, spring of 2010) and U.S. (summer of 2010)"
    Really? But no Canada? You've been to the US, you sould come here instead! Q_Q
  • TwoBeasties
    I agree come to canada and i'll drop whatever i am holding and go wherever you are preforming!
  • Sydney
    I agree as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Kelsey
    You should come to New Zealand and come to my house it would be mean :)
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