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Here to rock your world, formed in 2003. Deformed there after. Made disturbances around Exeter with their experimental brand of freestyle pop and an uncanny disability to never play the same song more than once.After disbanding in 2003, due to interpersonal band problems, Tommy are now sober and back on the circuit with new album, 'Help Yourselves in Margate', recorded in Margate across the new year 2007/08.
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Review -
Not since White Town's 'My Woman' has bedroom-penned electronica reached
such high acclaim as it has recently. When Exeter five-piece 3-2-1 Tommy
released their debut album 'Shopmobility' on Dover Soul Records no one knew
that the interest from Skint Records would be just around the corner.
Usually following a policy of 'Big Beat' interest of the likes of Fat Boy
Slim and Bentley Rhythm Ace, Skint's interest in 3-2-1 Tommy seemed to be in
a different ball park with their bedroom-penned/ bedroom influeced tunes.
3-2-1 Tommy bass player Joe Jenkins says that, "It's not what we play, but
the way that we play it, where we play it, that makes it the music we play,
when we play it." Or as J.D., Tommy keyboard player puts it, "It's us, when
we write it, as we write it, and how we write it, as one" What that means to
you or I is anyones guess but my guess is that it means that it must be
something special. "Whether 'Shopmobility' fits within the Big Boutique is
not in my hands." claims Tommy's Emilios, "What matters is that people get
to hear it. Like it or not, were Tommy and we're here to stay forever, for
now, at least." And with that, I would agree. 3-2-1 Tommy are due to play
the Academy 3 in May. For up to date 3-2-1 Tommy news, sign up by sending
iacceptyou to [email protected]. Your bedroom needs you!
-Liam Nolan, Manchester Evening News, Feb 2004
