Tom Baxter

Real songwriting will always make its presence felt, and that’s why it’s time for Tom Baxter to reach the massive audience he deserves. So the famous and newly reenergised Charisma label is proud to present the English singer-songwriter’s second album ‘Skybound’ as the first essential album of 2008.

‘Skybound, out now, is a collection of ten extraordinarily powerful compositions, from which the unforgettable love song ‘Better’ is released 3rd Dec 2007. That follows its prestigious appearance on the soundtrack of the Simon Pegg/Dylan Moran comedy movie ‘Run, Fat Boy, Run,’ directed by David ‘Friends’ Schwimmer. It also comes on the heels of an extensive October tour of the UK and Ireland by one of the most acclaimed live performers of recent years.

When he was 19, Tom moved to London to go to music college, which turned out to be more about scuzzy outskirts than buzzy metropolis. While his mates began to get jobs, cars and lives, he was gigging hard and banging away at locked industry doors. But it was the start of the process of developing from mere musician into fully-rounded songwriter. “I did lots of different things to pay the rent, and as hard as it was, I avoided getting a proper job because I knew I might just get stuck in it.”

He was playing covers in the front bar at the Bedford in Balham, south London, when the tide turned back in favour of singer-songwriters. As he started to introduce his own material, a groundswell began that’s been bubbling up ever since. ‘Feather and Stone’ set the tone, and now ‘Skybound’ delivers on its promise. Witness it live, and you’re part of the rare experience of an audience totally captivated by what they’re watching. If a pin dropped, you’d hear it.