Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home

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Join the Dots is out now in Australia/NZ through In-Fidelity Records [via Inertia Distribution].
Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home are from Melbourne, Australia.
'one of the best albums released this year.'
- Mess & Noise Magazine
'This is a world-class release.
- Music Australia Guide
'a world class album... Broad, brave new Australian singer.'
- Readings' Best CDs of The Year
'an intoxicating debut album...the appealingly haunting tone of Cummings' vocals remain, which have the ability to sound soothing, familiar and welcoming , while simultaneously delivering unsettling, almost hallucinatory lyrics.'
- Rave Magazine
'has brooding magic enough to haunt and intrigue in equal measure'
- Inpress
'an exceptional realisation...that produces a contemporary sound all its own'
- nakeddwarf.com.au
'You will not be able to stop listening to this albumâ€¦if this is just a taste of what heâ€™s got up his sleeve, then bring on album number two.'
- Drum Media
**** Rolling Stone Magazine
Work is underway on album number two.

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Member Since: 12/15/2005
Band Website: tobiascummings.com
Band Members: Brendan Halliday, Will Mahon, Adrian Vincent, Tobias Cummings
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Influences: Pianos, Marvin Gaye, Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Pink Floyd, Brian De Palma, Aphex Twin, Peter Gabriel, Eels, Tord Gustavsen Trio, Led Zeppelin, Arvo Part, Can, green desk lamps, Franz Kafka, Terrence Malick, Colin McCahon, pianos and other musical instruments, water, Al Green, The Velvet Underground, Keith Jarrett.
Have shared stages and moist towelettes with the likes of Feist, Beth Orton, Fionn Regan, GB3, many others...

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In-Fidelity Records:
Tobias' solo EP You Incomplete Me.

Sounds Like: 'a series of perforations across a continuous and tangible silence.'
Record Label: In-Fidelity Records [Aus/NZ] www.infidelity.com.au
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stasis

Well. Things haven't exactly been moving at lightning pace in recent months but rest assured plans are afoot... New songs are coming out of my ears. Meanwhile, the Long Way Home has shrunk to more of ...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:21:00 PST

Nomination in The Ages EG Awards - please vote!

Well the folks at The Age newspaper have nominated me as "Male Artist of the Year" alongside Paul Kelly and Tim Rogers and the like. Though there's not one dash of a possibility that I might win it I'...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:29:00 PST

'Battleships' Australian Tour 2007

tc&tlwh will be Jack Kerouacing up the east coast of Australia with Sydney-siders The Dawn Collective in July in celebration of the release of the third single 'Battleships' [which can now be hear...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:09:00 PST

tc&tlwh the 'highlight' of the Apollo Bay Music Fesitval

After a dismal start to our run of three shows at the Apollo Bay Music Festival [20-22 April, Apollo Bay, Victoria] due to multifareous technical problems, the town's old picture theatre 'The Mechanic...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:46:00 PST

JJJ interview...

An interview with Tobias by Caroline Tran on Home & Hosed... http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/homeandhosed/playlist/mp3s/tob ias.mp3 ...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:46:00 PST

Australian Music Prize

We're very pleased to announce that 'Join the Dots' has made it through to the final 25 albums of 2006 in the prestigious Australian Music Prize [won by our fellow In-Fidelity label-mates, The Drones ...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:49:00 PST

Begun work on new songs...

We've recently been working with producer Scott Horscroft [Sleepy Jackson, Silverchair, The Presets] on demos of new songs. They're sounding pretty darn tootin'. Titles include 'Any other day' and 'Ex...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:46:00 PST

Brisbane Launch show cancelled/postponed

Hi,Unfortunately, we've been forced to cancel our Brisbane album launch this Wednesay (1 November) due to the fact that I have a horrible, horrible throat infection and cannot sing properly. If anyone...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:48:00 PST

Sssecond sssingle 'Folding In'

'Folding In', the catchy-as-all-hell second single from the record should be hitting the radio waves shortly. You can download it for nicht right from this here myspace page. Love,tc&tlwh...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:49:00 PST

Album released in Oz/NZ

Our debut album 'Join the Dots' has been released through In-Fidelity Recordings. You should be able to find it at all good record stores across Oz and NZ.Love,tc&tlwh...
Posted by Tobias Cummings & The Long Way Home on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:51:00 PST