Lantern Slides

In a small country town with only a tavern, a hall, a handful of houses, and a tiny garden shed for a post office; there was a time when people would drive from miles and miles, lining the roads to the local for the legendary Sunday sessions or the fabulous Lounge Cabarets at the local hall. You see this is no usual country town, this tiny town lays claim to producing some fine rock bands, music university graduates, solo artists, duos, DJ's, an Elvis impersonator, a Noel Coward specialist and even a barbershop quartet. Songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist Kitt Byfield was born into this rich musical culture and from a very young age was listening and playing along to the likes of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Queen. One of these local musicians was his father; an accomplished singer, guitarist, flautist and harmonica player. Kitt later moved to the big smoke to study music (drums / percussion), and has since discovered music ranging from Debussy and Steve Reich to Sigur Ros and Radiohead. And so came the emergence of Sir Thomas; In the front room of an old house, Sir Thomas have been rehearsing, creating and perfecting their unique music for the past six years. Kitt was firstly joined by Callum Moncrieff, who grew up playing drums to bands like Tool, Incubus and Faith No More but now regularly commissions and premieres new classical / contemporary works for percussion (most notably for solo 4 mallet vibraphone). Then came Mel Hall, who grew up playing bass to bands lke Metallica, The Clash, Rancid and Primus, and is now a fine folk guitarist and singer / songwriter. Lastly came Christopher de Groot, a serious classical and contemporary composer who also happens to write gigantic film scores, his latest works being the horror movies 'Sororal' and Esoterica'. Sir Thomas is just plain different; rather than adapting in order to fit those around them, they have stayed true to their values, their sound and their approach. And over time the support and admiration for the band has increased. So when Sir Thomas asked their fans to lend them a helping hand, 100 True Fans answered by handing them $10,000. And thus came about their long awaited debut album. The album is the culmination of 11 years of song writing, including 5 years of rehearsing, performing, arranging and fine tuning; all in the aid of perfecting and discovering the sound that is Sir Thomas. Who is Sir Thomas you ask? The debut album is simply a portrait of the man that is Sir Thomas. And man with two sides. The rest can be created, imagined and dreamt by you Please enjoy Some quotes from our 100 True Fans of Sir Thomas 'Beautiful, colorful and magnificent' 'A sun shower of sound' 'Refreshingly unique and cleverly composed' 'Beauty in contradiction' 'Dynamic and engaging' 'Emotional, heartfelt and honest' A delicately crafted microcosm of sound' 'A band with no guitars' 'Sir Thomas helps you see that speck of light, always glimmering in the dark' 'Australia's answer to Sigur Ros'