"Thomas Truax is that rare beast - a total one-off." -Martin Lilleker, Sheffield Telegraph
"In Truax's hands music is merely a vessel for his scattershot imagination, earning him a place in a lineage that includes Captain Beefheart and Viv Stanshall and, latterly, a less-frenetic Liars..." --Alan Downes, LOGO Magazine(review of Full Moon Over Wowtown)
"...It's a bewildering melange of garage rock songs, avant garde sounds and cabaret showtunes, full of whistles, toy piano, ice cream chimes and invented instruments... with shades of Tom Waits' storytelling, Nick Cave's theatricality and Lux Interior's howling-at-the-moon madness." -Ged M, SoundsXP
"The first track on Audio Addiction reminded us of Frank Zappa and The Residents mixed with Gary Numan. The remaining eleven tracks sounded nothing like any of the three...and left us scratching our heads in confusion. The wildly creative and utterly confrontational Thomas Truax is the kind of artist who makes reviewers climb the walls...as they try to figure out exactly what he is doing and who he actually sounds like. The answers to those questions may well be out of reach, as Truax writes and records music that is not easily described or categorized....just exactly what is Thomas Truax doing on this album...? Hard to say, actually. Like Vivian Stanshall, this man is in a league all his own. Accordingly, Audio Addiction is most certainly headed for cult status... (Rating: 5)" -Babysue Music Review
Nominated for BEST LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR by:
Is This Music Magazine, The Indy Music Awards 2008, and Maps Magazine
"Thomas Truax (pronounced troo-aks) is a feisty sonic dreamer gadgeteer, songwriter and performer...capable of crafting some very potent songs... poetically evocative and rich with melancholy, both by dint of sounds and the texts."
There are lots more Truax videos up on YouTube.com and many here on myspace if you search as well
Three full albums, 'Audio Addiction', 'Full Moon Over Wowtown', and 'Why Dogs Howl at the Moon', and some singles and compilation tracks are out on various labels. Try CDbaby.com or digitally from the Itunes Store
"Thomas Truax is probably one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you've never heard of. ...an exceptional talent, unique and resistant to comparison, yet fairly accessible even to casual listeners."
"...not of this earth...I still can't think of a single show I've seen that was as beguiling or as charming or as plain bananas as this one."
-AlexKirk, Gigwise.com
HI MR TRUAX..FERGAL HERE. We're supporting you at the spirit store next week. I was at the store when you did one with the duke..brilliant i thought..really..looking forward to a great night..with plenty watching hopefully ..fergal candide
Greetings Thomas, Just dropping by to send you Love and Respect. Can't wait to be amazed by you again!! Love and Peace Summer Carnage Your Gothic Geordie Fan )o( xxx
Thank you so much for that great night in Oxford! It was a true pleasure meeting you and playing with you! Sorry we had to leave so early after the gig...
Hey Mr T, Just seen you on City Life Manchester - wonderful to see you on the proper TV! Looked great. Also a great double-bill with Frank Sidebottom - he may have seemed like a crazy guy with a papier mache head but he was a seminal part of my adolescene, he used to do a lot of whacky anarchic stuff on late night TV in the late 90s.
Here's hoping you (some time) make it to a show in the Midlands,
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
Hi Thomas, and thanks for your kind words. Yea was a loud mixed bunch wasn't it. I loved it when you very bravely unplugged and headed off into the crowd, music in 3d! really enjoyed your set hope to see you around soon
Hi Thomas, Just a little note to say how much I enjoyed seeing you again in the Cumberland arms in Newcastle. You where fantastic as usual!! Love Summer Carnage xx
Thank you for maps.. You have opened my eyes to your wondeful style,, i cant stop singing 'at least those ants there not makin a hole in the ozone layer, at least those ants there not makin a hole'... love it!!
