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Following the release of his 2014 debut album War, Peace and Diplomacy (Fierce Panda), Family Tree / Warner Chappell have recently released Tom’s new album, Monsters In The Deep. Tom has previously opened for Julian Cope and Matthew E White at Glee, and also toured with Richard Hawley.
“In a singer-songwriter scene crowded with sensitive souls crooning about love and desire, Tom Hickox is a rare and bold new talent. His voice is a deep, sonorous baritone painted onto a canvas of noirish rock and darkly cinematic orchestrations conceived with Richard Hawley’s producer Colin Elliot. Sombre, elegant melodies host nuanced, gravely dramatic character studies that have a Pinteresque precision. For my money, Hickox is the most powerful and original lyrical songwriter this country has produced in years, yet it is hard to see where his old-fashioned seriousness fits in this flippant era of brash beats and socially networked hooks. His masterful debut is a strange and beautiful thing, like a lost classic from another age.”
Neil McCormick – The Telegraph ★★★★★
'Something special. Imagine Four Tet, Squarepusher, The Brodsky Quartet and Scott Walker collaborating'
isthismusic.com
“This one’s a keeper.”
★★★★ MOJO
“A remarkable album...Hickox has a deep, rich voice whose grain and vibrato recall Scott Walker, Neil Hannon and Anohni. Literate chamber pop at its most haunting, poetic and complex.”
Sunday Times Culture
“Hickox’s second album combines magnetic storytelling with vibrant melodies… with an underlying current of melancholy reminiscent of John Grant.”
Uncut
“A dark mixture of Scott Walker and a David Lynch soundtrack.”
9/10, Louder Than War