Two Birds, by Tobias

Two Birds

by Tobias

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1.	River 04:48 video	buy track
2.	Empty Seat 03:24	buy track
3.	Remember 02:10	buy track
4.	The Flood 03:05	buy track
5.	The Moon 02:38	buy track
6.	Walk Through Walls 02:14	buy track
7.	House on Fire 02:40 video	buy track

about

After 13 years in New York, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter Tobias did what so many artists do when the sensory overload of city life becomes too much. Seeking out greener, quieter pastures in which to write new music, Tobias booked it to Denton, Texas, a smaller city with a long and rich musical history, once home to Roy Orbison and Nora Jones. Two Birds is a visionary and compulsively listenable record that lays honest, insightful lyrics against a lush backdrop of harsh metals and rhythmic folk. It’s no wonder friends who got to listen to the music during its inception said it reminded them of the first album they ever bought. The record is a kind of mission statement, intimate and inspired, borne of seclusion and intense contemplation: of youth, of reinvention, of the self, and even of quantum physics. It whispers in your ear, and then it howls.

“I’m stumbling out of my house into the river bed,” Tobias sings, embracing earthly delights in lyrics that flow like a stream of consciousness, or a stream itself. Though the threads of Tobias’ past as an experimental producer crafting beats in New York’s underground rap scene are woven throughout the project, Two Birds was their first opportunity to record music with band and outside producers, allowing Tobias to sharpen their own creative process and focus more deliberately on storytelling and composition. The sounds are warm and expansive; the lyrics are brooding and astute, capturing a youthful sense of wonder and disillusionment. “What’s that thing that makes you a person?” Tobias ponders in the opening line of “Remember,” a cozy acoustic highlight. In moments throughout the album, their concerns are no less than cosmic—while writing, Tobias was fascinated by the double-slit experiment, one of the enduring mysteries of physics. But the music is grounded, a ballad of candor and creativity, generated from what Tobias calls “the worst period of my life.” A spirited follow-up to Thread, Tobias’s 2020 debut, Two Birds announces a singer-songwriter in bloom, reveling in the haunts and thrills of the natural world.

credits

released November 11, 2022

All tracks written by Tobias
Published by Tobias Publishing Designee (ASCAP)
Produced by Tobias, Aidan Elias, Violet W
Engineered by Aidan Elias, Tobias
Mixed & Mastered by Aidan Elias
Artwork, Layout, Design by Mira Martin

Vocals by Tobias
Backup Vocals by May Rio
Bass Guitar & Guitar by Tobias
Drums by Kimmy Jenkins & Violet W

Recorded & Mastered at Corpus Studios in Queens, NY
©℗ 2022 True Panther Records
©℗ 2022 True Panther Records, LLC

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Two Birds is the label debut and second full-length album of 26-year-old singer-songwriter Tobias. The record is a kind of mission statement, intimate and inspired, borne of seclusion and intense contemplation: of youth, of reinvention, of the self, and even of quantum physics. It whispers in your ear, and then it howls. ... more

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discography

Clay

Sep 2023
Two Birds

Nov 2022
Pins and Needles

Mar 2022
Synchronicity

Oct 2021
Untitled

May 2021
Sputnik

Apr 2021
Lucy / Dead End

Mar 2021
Electricity

Nov 2020
Wanna Be You (Demo)

Aug 2020
Thread

Jan 2020

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