Lonely Tree Tom Snowdon

• 1Protection04:29
• 2True Crime03:54
• 3Lose My Body03:39
• 4Anybody03:49
• 5Beta Drug03:58
• 6Nora Creina03:54
• 7Empty Start03:55
• 8Lonely Tree04:50
• 9What I Hide03:41
• Total Runtime36:09

Info for Lonely Tree

Performing artist Tom Snowdon already has an impressive back-catalogue - one album with his first band Lowlakes, two albums with No Mono - but now he shares details of his first solo album Lonely Tree. In the past, Snowdon’s work has centred on hazy atmospheres, and in expressing emotions via metaphors of elemental forces - water, ice, air and light. His affinity with nature is still present on Lonely Tree, but here we see Snowdon navigating his ruminations and desires in a more direct way, offering glimpses into a more personal story. With one eye on the past, and another on the “what could have been” (what Snowdon calls ‘the lingering alternative’), he yearns for a stabilising hand to keep him present and hopeful in the here and now, and sends his voice reaching out across broad sonic landscapes to find one. Across its nine songs Lonely Tree is an exploration of loss and hope, of things ending and new things beginning. Led by Snowdon's famously haunting voice, the album is a journey into a dream-like world of the intangible, and one of deeply personal reflection.

The photos on the album art were taken on Western Arrernte Country, west of Mparntwe/Alice Springs - Snowdon’s home town. During the emotionally tumultuous time of writing, Snowdon spent periods at home and felt its safety and peace. The landscape of Central Australia has long been inspiration for the artist, and is something he echoes on Lonely Tree - the dramatic beauty, the peace and lingering space, its otherworldliness; and also the extreme nature of it - the harsh climate and textures of rock and sand, the big skies and the extreme isolation that welcomes people looking for an escape.

Tom Snowdon

Tom Snowdon
is a singer, performer and writer. He grew up in Mparntwe/Alice Springs in central Australia - a dramatic landscape that has been an ongoing source of inspiration for Snowdon, and is reflected in his emotive work. His distinctive voice belongs in cathedrals and gorges, bending sounds into words with angelic falsetto and husky baritone. His otherworldly performance style is a mesmerising physical accompaniment to his vocal and musical expression.

Snowdon’s first band Lowlakes was forged with his school friends in Mparntwe, and saw them tour Europe and North America several times. The band broke up after releasing one EP and one album, 2014’s Iceberg Nerves.

In 2014 Snowdon guest performed on #1 Dads’ cult-favourite album About Face, on its breakthrough single ‘Return To’. This collaboration eventually led the two artists to create the band No Mono, releasing Islands Part I and II across 2018/19.

In 2020 Snowdon released his first collection of solo work, an EP of covers titled Channel. Snowdon’s ability to distil the emotion of a song, and highlight its drama, means that his interpretations cause the listener to wholly reengage with a familiar work.

Recent years have seen Snowdon creating music for dance companies, writing and guest vocaling with Willaris. K, upsidedownhead and breathe.; as well as working in other areas – Snowdon worked as a researcher for the Northern Territory Treaty Commission in the NT treaty process.

In November 2023, Snowdon will finally release his debut solo album, Lonely Tree a statement about embracing fear and stepping into the new and unknown.

This album contains no booklet.