What Circus Is This?, by R.D. Thomas

What Circus Is This?

by R.D. Thomas

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1.	Headlines 03:04	buy track
2.	Paint By Numbers You 03:26	buy track
3.	Salt 03:18	buy track
4.	Sugar Coated Brain 04:12	buy track
5.	Stray Dog 02:59	buy track
6.	What Circus Is This? 03:38	buy track
7.	This Bloom 04:45	buy track
8.	For My Next Trick 02:42	buy track
9.	Welcome To The Deep End 03:24	buy track
10.	And I'm Gone 03:38	buy track
11.	Numbers Game 03:10	buy track

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Originally from Cornwall now living in London, R.D. Thomas is a captivating lyricist, musician and singer who brings a depth and density to his simple style of writing. Reflective and melancholy yet uplifting, he marries a unique world of sound to the familiar feelings his songs conjure. R.D. Thomas also began his career as a touring multi-instrumentalist for Ben Howard and as frontman for alt/folk outfit Brother & Bones before taking his music solo.

His debut album, What Circus Is This? set for release December 9th 2022, R.D. Thomas explains, “The record is mostly just observations about myself as reflections of the outside world. How we co-exist as both the spectator and the spectacle in the circus of our daily lives.’

With the lyrics acting as the most important aspect of the record, he explains that the music is simply just a “vehicle for the words” and that making What Circus Is This? was about changing his process ‘with a desire to work more instinctively and decisively.’

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released December 9, 2022

Produced remotely in 2021 between home studios in London, Cornwall and Sweden.

The record features collaborations with Mickey Smith & Nat Wason (Ben Howard, A Blaze Of Feather) and Rob Hall (Catfish And The Bottlemen) on drum duties.

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R.D. Thomas London, UK

Songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from West Cornwall.

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