Out 19 June
Tom West is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, bus driver, tour guide, legal representative for injured workers and meanderer living on Kaurna Country, South Australia.
His songs have featured in places like Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, The Australian, Post to Wire, American Songwriter and other corners of the internet and street presses of the past.
Described as having a unique androgynous vocal style and folk sensibility, he has co-written music with Nancy Bates, Demi Marriner, O Little Sister and South For Winter, among others, and performed on stages at SXSW, the Port Fairy Folk Festival, dive bars, clubs, country pubs and his own backyard.
Following a stint trying his luck as an independent touring musician in the USA and winding up living in Chicago, he then spent an unhinged few years picking up odd jobs, driving a Canadian band’s tour bus, and ferrying tourists to and from Uluru in Australia’s mystic red centre.
Long meditative hours on open roads were the necessary circuit breaker to process the previous years of misadventures as a hopelessly optimistic songwriter and accidental road warrior reversing the from the I-65 & the Oodnadatta track.
West's discography includes the much-loved album Antarctica, produced by Allen Tate of San Fermin, which was written during a period following the death of his father from motor neuron disease / ALS whilst taking his first bewildering steps as a touring artist in the USA. This album, born from personal loss and extensive travels, showcases his ability to invite audiences into his world, sharing stories that are as personal as they are universally relatable.
West released his ‘Chicago Versions’ LP in May 2026 and will be releasing the first single ‘Saltbush Riviera’ from his upcoming album in October 2026.
“A Folk Singer From Outer Space’ somehow offers some soothing solace for the current, permeating state of loss and isolation.’ - American Songwriter
’Peninsula’ has a beguiling and baroque folk feel, hushed yet gently exclamatory in the way it treads lightly but briskly. Bands like Grizzly Bear and Iron & Wine come to mind in the ornate musical filigrees of guitar strings and the really wonderful blend of Tom and Lucinda’s contrasting yet wholly compatible voices. At 1:20 it blossoms into a beautiful coterie of sounds akin to the first rays of a new morning. - Post To Wire
One Way Conversation is one of the best tracks on the album. Written with Tom West, the song is somewhat reminiscent to Aimee Mann. Slightly haunting and sleepy and also vocally brilliant, this track is top tier! - Building Our Own Nashville
“**** With his unique voice, storytelling and folk sensibility he could pass for a modern-day Neil Young.” - Courier Mail
Lead vocalist and songwriter Dani Stone shares: "Collaborating with Tom on 'Undertow' was such a cool process. I was struggling with writer’s block on the chorus of this song, and had pretty much given up on it. I’ve always loved Tom’s melodies and poeticism in his lyrics, though. I knew he was the right person to collaborate with in order to make the song come out right. The best thing is, it came out even better than we’d hoped.” - Grateful Web
“A document to accompany self-reflection and meditation. I’m Livin’ is truly special.” - Rolling Stone Australia
“One of the best albums of 2020” - Scenster
“His keening, androgynous voice - in an upper register that recalls Brian Aubert, frontman of Los Angeles indie rockers Silversun Pickups - is a joyously tuneful instrument, meshing with his finger-picked guitars, sprinklings of piano, bass and Ringo - like drums. West’s material … is consistently strong, with memorably melodic choruses…”
- The Australian
“Tom’s latest cut is a poignantly earnest slice of indie-folk that is bound to pull at your heartstrings...creating a sound that is undeniably cinematic and powerful.”
- The Vinyl District UK