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The Tom Fun Orchestra

About Me

...the sound of exotic birds standing on the sides of forgotten highways, flapping their wings in the winds of speed-induced truckers

You Will Land With A Thud In Stores Now!
Produced by Warren Bruleigh and Gordon Gano. Recorded at Carriage House recording studios, Connecticut, 4/07. Additional recording at Soundpark Studio in Cape Breton. Mixed by Phil Palazzolo at Carriage House. Engineered by John Shyloski & Darren Gallop. Assistant Engineers: Russel Hoppe & Albert Lionais. Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, NYC

Photos

All photos by Nathan Boone
Videos
Watchmaker

The Vacation

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.tomfun.ca
Band Members: Robot Orbison: Guitar, Vocals
Carmen Townsend: Guitar, Vocals
Morgan Currie: Violin
Dave Mahalik: Accordion
Victor Tomiczek: Banjo
Tommy Stallion: Drum Kit
Bert Lionais: Trumpet
Shane O'Handley: Shakey Bass

Bookings: [email protected]
Publicity: [email protected]
Influences: We dug for days, the dirt piled higher. The hole was the truth, the mound the liar
Sounds Like: a castle made of hands
Record Label: Company House Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

we won!

So the results are in and our vote tom fun campaign was a blistering success.Click here for our official acceptance speech.
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:07:00 GMT

Red Hot Loins

Dear Heart & Soul, The clocks have taken a one hour step backwards, night time is flexing its hefty muscle, while the temperature drops to crispy cold.  If that thought brings you the approa...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:02:00 GMT

vote tom fun!

Fresh off the D250 Rollercoaster Tour in celebration of 250 years of democracy in Nova Scotia we find ourselves reminded of the importance of voting.  Thanks to the kind folks at Music Nova Scoti...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:00:00 GMT

welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life:

Today we fire the canons, light the lanterns and shower ourselves in a sea imported fireworks. November 27th marks the launch of our 3 song EP available exclusively on iTunes. We like to think of it ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:11:00 GMT

over the ocean and back again

we're dizzy but we're strong... It seemed like we were in the air for almost as much time as we were on the ground but while our time in the UK was brief, we're hoping our impact was lasting. In and ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:32:00 GMT

record a record

so here we go...we're going ...where?down down downunderneath the delicate line the b-b-b-borderwe're recording an album with a fellow named gordon gano, along with some of his friends. . . . and we'r...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:58:00 GMT

kind words from the big city

we arrived in toronto last week & were greeted by some handsome words from the folks at  now magazinethis is what it looked like:The East Coast has particularly strong representation at this ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:30:00 GMT

in the studio

hey freaks, we're halfway through day 2 at soundpark. we've got the beds (drums, bass, acoustic guitar) done for 10 of the 14 tracks we're recording, and then we just need to get the other 7 members o...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:39:00 GMT