What you say
No-one has reviewed Field Recordings And Two by My Two Toms yet.
What we say
 This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.
I've never heard of MY TWO TOMS before. Not unless I can count by two twin
brothers called Tom..... Am laugh a minute me.... You know how we like to
straddle genres like the musical whores we are. This week we're championing some
nice old sounding Americana.. This is a comp of 2 x CDR's that the band self
released ages ago... they're long out of print and thankfully Mole In The
Ground have wanged 'em out together on one lovely 22 track disc. It's all
instrumental songs utilising banjo, ukelele, guitar and xylophone. It sounds incredibly
authentic, well thought out and constructed and if that wasn't enough it's all tremendous fun. If you're into John
Fahey, Charlie Parr, Will Oldham's Ode Music and the Roscoe Holcomb
LP that Bo Weavil brought out you'll be wanting this. Absolutely
brilliant.
What the label says:
My Two Toms are Tom Cops and Tom Stubbs. The duo formed in 2001 after they met on a film shoot in Newport, South Wales. Cops was taking the stills, and Stubbs was recording the sound. They annoyed the rest of the crew by playing banjo during the coffee breaks.
Within two weeks they were asked to play a show at the legendary TJ’s in Newport, so they hastily had to write some material. They continued this quick practical approach by recording their first album later that summer.
The album was recorded in one day, from the back of a van, using a mini disk and a small stereo microphone. “Field Recordings” was released on CDR through Slumber Party, and by February 2002, John Peel had played four tracks.
Both Toms relocated to Bristol in 2002 and became a regular on the Bristol music scene. They released their second album “Two” in 2003.
My Two Toms are currently working on their new record, featuring their sometime collaborators Matt Jones and Kate Wright (Movietone, Crescent).
About the Band
When My Two Toms write music, they often use broken instruments and allow the remaining strings to dictate the structure and melody. They have a deceptive simplicity that can sometimes trigger images of rural landscapes. Their music is as familiar as an old children’s TV programme. It is also often driving and hints at folk and American country, with a very English slant.
My Two Toms have supported Animal Collective, Chatham County Line, Kimya Dawson, Herman Dune, Jeffrey Lewis, Mirah, Nina Nastasia, Joanna Newsom, and Charlie Parr among others. Their music has appeared on the soundtracks of several short films.
They are also one half of The Lonely Ponies, the other half being made up of the dynamic punk duo Bucky.
Further details and a full history of the band appear on the My Two Toms website at www.mytwotoms.co.uk.
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