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"[Following] the utterly wonderful 'Good Coat' ... several months down the line, the potential has been realised. 'Your love is a tease' reveals an unnerving growth in maturity and packs a precise richly luxurious pop sensibility that blossoms ... the flip cut actually better the lead by some margin. Perfect in a word" - Losing Today
"This is folk with a flourish, a snap and a pop, a few glances and winks in the general direction of disco" - Nothing But Green Lights
"Makes me want to run outside in the sunshine and kiss everyone I meet in the hope that someone might write songs like these about it. More gorgeous than a peanut butter kit kat." - Wears The Trousers Magazine.
"Something rather wonderful." - Londonist.com.
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I'm a singer/songwriter who grew up between two villages in the South Wales valleys with not much else to do but learn how to play a number of instruments and start to write my own songs. I set up my own label Self Raising Records in 2006 and put out my first 7" 'Good Coat' which had lots of nice things said about it.
Since then I've put out two other songs as limited releases - 'You Get Goodbyes' which got lots of radio play (thanks to everyone who supported) and 'Your Love Is A Tease' whose video features all my toys from childhood, some ace people have remixed my songs which you can hear at myspace.com/rodthomasremixed , and I've been spending my time going around the place playing gigs and busking on the London underground. (If you see me, please smile!)
I've been lucky enough to play with some of my favourite artists including Noah & The Whale, James Yuill, Kathryn Williams, Bass Clef, Mr Hudson & The Library and Peter & The Wolf as well as playing at Glastonbury and a nice string of festivals coming up in 2008.
I play live with a guitar, childhood instruments, a loop pedal, a synth and handclaps, and make music often descibed as folk disco to make people dance, smile, laugh and occasionally think a little bit.
p.s. - If you're a band / musician adding me as a friend, please say hi, it's much nicer than just a random add. I tend to think you're spam and say no.
'You Get Goodbyes', 'Your Love Is A Tease' and 'Good Coat' are available from Itunes, and 'Good Coat' also features on the compilation album from The Lab: