Tom Gavin is a Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and quasi-multi-instrumentalist--not necessarily in that order. He appears regularly with a number of original groups, performing on guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and whatever else is nearby. Playing his own music, he performs both solo and in a group that may include drums, bass, horns, and the occasional chanteuse.
Originally based in Boston, Tom spent four years hewing rough masses of noise with local trio Small Good Thing before moving to New York, where he began hoarding four-track tapes of new material while becoming involved playing with friends in a variety of groups. He started releasing home-spun CDs of his current songs with 2000's True Agnostics, and four albums later, has just finished Into the Weeds. Naturally, it's his finest work yet.
Tom's other current musical efforts include a long-standing stint as guitarist with singer/songwriter Erin O'Hara, and a similarly long and colorful job as banjo strangler for avant-theater composer Amy Kohn. He is also the bassist-turned-guitarist for the collapsing-universe pop of Pete Galub and the Annuals, co-guitarist with (ex-Negative Approach) Chris Moore in the chamber folk of Moore and Sons, fretted-instrument juggler for the earthy dirges of Ro Agents, and guitarist for singer/songwriter/piano-phenom Lee Feldman.
"At some point, somewhere along the line, someone referred to Fallout as "a shimmering panorama of vivid songs ranging from slight, melodic musings to jarring, abstract indie-rock-isms." They were dead-on. Somewhere between acoustic chamber pop, emo, indie pop, lo-fi folk, odd little, adventuresome mold-breakers and experimental electronic playfulness, Tom Gavin stakes out his voice. Within it, you are likely to find eccentricity, anti-social depth-plunging, counter-culture mentality and a "who gives a bleep" approach, but whichever parts get emphasized from track to track, no matter which elements one finds most intriguing, one thing is certain: a lot of folks will flip for this."
- CDBaby Editor's pick review, 07.28.05
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