"Thomas Truax has recorded a covers album made up of songs featured in David Lynch's films and, somewhat paradoxically, made them somehow more Lynchian.
Beyond merely being a stylistic exercise, it's a celebration and renewal of some great songs." -Drowned In Sound
"Like a trip to the frayed edges of sanity. . .unapologetically original." -Dazed and Confused
"When he performs, it is a spectacle - the originality and seeming impossibility of what he does is much of the appeal." -The Guardian
"Thomas Truax is that rare beast - a total one-off." -Martin Lilleker, Sheffield Telegraph
"...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 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
"Truax inhabits these standards, a fittingly Lynch-ian nod to the weirdness hiding in the seemingly normal... Great stuff." -Buzz Magazine
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." - The Scotsman
"Truax here performs to great and disturbing effect." -Uncut
"Surreal, really." - Artrocker
"A genius covers album. For Lynch fans, for Truax fans, Tom Waits lovers and Nick Cave stalkers (and just general surrealists) alike, this album will make your collection. 8/10" -The Beat Surrender
"It's as off-kilter as any one of Mr Lynch's much-celebrated films...Truax fans will love this; Lynch fans will delight a musical voice has been given to their cinematic passion; everyone else will scratch their heads and put this down to art house rubbish." -Selby Times
Nominated for BEST LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR by:
Is This Music Magazine, The Indy Music Awards, and Maps Magazine
ALBUMS and WHERE TO FIND THEM: Three all-original 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, available in select UK stores and at many online stores. For physical copies of earlier albums try CDbaby.com, for 'Why Dogs' and 'Songs From The Films of David Lynch' try slrecords.net, the SHOP at www.thomastruax.com, or amazon, itunes, emusic, 7digital, virgin, hmv etc.
"It's a mutual exchange of blood, bone, wood and metal, most of which is home grown. If you leave a Truax show without smiling somewhere in your body, you're f****d." -Richard Hawley
There are lots more Truax videos up on YouTube.com and many here on myspace if you search as well
"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
There's a lot more press, reviews, information, music and interviews at my 'official' website:
The full interview with Thomas Truax is available to download now as an mp3 (27m08s, 31.0MB, first broadcast June 30 2009, this file contains a good bit more footage than went out on air initially)... ...in which Thomas talks about some of his musical influences, which include groundbreaking composers Bernard Herrmann and Raymond Scott... ...he also talks about his current album Songs from the films of David Lynch, and about his retro taste in shoes!
Thank you so very much for caring,for being here,for doing what you do,Thomas.You can't immagine how wonderful it is to me to be part of this page.I feel honored+blessed.Just passing by to wish you all the best and to tell you i'll be here waiting for some fresh news.Big Hug.:)
Hello Thomas! I hope you're well! just wanted to wish you a nice summer! someone bought me a drink in a pub cause he heard that I had played with you! So thank you! x Ragnhild - The Bee's Niece
+Playing alongside ASH / SUPERGRASS /DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) / VIEUX FARKA TOURE / THE CANDYSKINS /RED LIGHT COMPANY / WINTERSLEEP / FANFARLO / HJALTALIN / ERRORS / YACHT / DJ FOOD & DK / TOTAL SCIENCE / T.E.E.D./WILD BEASTS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS / GRAMMATICS /THE JOY FORMIDABLE / THE XCERTS / PULLED APART BY HORSES/ BROKEN RECORDS / MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS / PETE MOLINARI
plus...
and so i watch you from afar/ calories/ chew lips/ colour/ danny and the champions of the world/ data select party / detroit social club/ dive dive/ dusty & the dreaming spires/ house of brothers/ skylarkin/ sportsday megaphone / the candyskins/ the elysian quartet/ the ghost of a thousand / the relationships/ the xx/ this town needs guns/ thomas truax/ treetop flyers/ truckers of husk/ we were promised jet packs/white belt yellow tag
