Tom Sanders

Don’t think too hard, just have fun with it.

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Hi- I’m playing a show at London Lexington on 7th July. It’s gonna be a seated, intimate kinda vibe. Limited tickets.

https://t.co/NfkdcMKiZC

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

FRESH MUSIC!
Earlier this year I teamed up with @theligetiquartet to record some dreamy, beautiful versions of a few songs from my LP.

Hear the first track here: https://t.co/MhiRAbMVZM

Pledge for vinyl here: https://t.co/1N4jwRlKc7

Thanks!
@moshimoshimusic

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Great to have been part of this, thanks @moshimoshimusic for their great support. Thanks for listening, and to everyone who bought my album. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

A song about vampires… 4am uber trips… feeling like prince Philip in his recent paparazzi shot #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

IT'S ONLY MAGIC - last song! thanks everyone!! #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Tech talk: I made a cool sound for the chorus that sounds like a harmonium by sampling some piano chords, cutting of the attack of the note then assigning them to playing the chords via midi. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Every time I pass the flat I’m filled with great memories from another time, feels like another world. After I wrote the song I found out that my friend Antonio whose flat it was had died from Covid. I was devastated and it’s totally changed the song #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

SPANISH FLAT
I wanted to write a really simple song about something small. My early days of moving to London, no responsibilities, just hedonism. I’d often go with my friend Sergio to ‘the Spanish flat’ where a bunch of our Spanish friends lived. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

The lyric about the tiger is do with the flight/flight response thing… how we are genetically programmed to react to threats that no longer exist (like tigers) so we freak out about other stuff. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Thanks everyone who's leaving nice comments etc. I don't have time/understand how to reply.. i never use twitter!! #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

There was a lot of little experimental stuff like that on this record that I really enjoyed, even if it doesn’t exactly sound like an experimental album… it’s all about the process. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

TOM QUIXOTE
Lots of people asked me what the instrument was that plays a little solo at the beginning. Its just my mouth/vocal, sampled and played on the keyboard. I really loved it, sounded like a weird trumpet. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

I kind of wrote it as a note to my daughter, who I was imagining giving some life advice to. But it’s equally a note to myself. Kind of saying get over it, pull yourself together! #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

I’m actually really proud of this song from a technical point of view… and also that I managed to say something meaningful. ; ) #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

LITTLE HUMAN
Some songs just take bloody ages to come together and this was one of them! I did many re-writes until I came with an arrangement and lyric that I was happy with #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

I really like to play this live (only done a couple of streaming shows) but this song stands up just fine on its own with only me and a guitar. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

Big shout to Marco Spaggiari who mixed this and some of the other tracks on the record. I think he did a great job. I never met him but hope to one day. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

DISTANT LIGHT
Being a lockdown record - maybe it’s subconscious but some of the themes tend to be about emerging from bleakness into something better, more colourful. This is definitely one of those #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

I think this song has the same chord cycle throughout - very unusual for me! I’m pre-programmed to change chords in the chorus… something I’m trying to stop doing for the sake of it. #timstwitterlisteningparty

[Tom Sanders @tomsandersmusic]

In my head, this was originally a really upbeat song, kind of like an American rock vibe. Something Springsteen-esque. Then it felt a bit out of place so I turned it on it’s head and it came out like this. #timstwitterlisteningparty