T.S. Woodward
Lineup: Thomas Scott Woodward. Featuring Members Of: Subscriber, Nuclear Spring, Nerf Sword, Booty. Influences: Scott Joplin, Thom Yorke, Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, Gonzales, Beethoven, Erik Satie, Billie Holiday, David Bowie, Duke Ellington, Ty Segall.
By the looks of him, Thomas Scott Woodward is not a modern man. His top hat and cartoon-villain mustache call to mind another era—perhaps one that never actually existed at all. His music is often just as confounding, a psych-afflicted melange of piano-pop and swirling anti-folk that defies categorization.
“I’ve had three main passions throughout my life which I have embraced and been shaped by: climbing trees, poetry and music (in that order),” he writes. “I didn’t grow up playing music, but rather entertained the idea as an ideal backup occupation if my dreams of becoming a legendary stuntman didn’t pan out… When a friend let me borrow a drum set at age 15, a lightbulb went off immediately in my head, and everything I knew about the world began to change.”
Woodward performed, recorded and mixed his self-titled EP in its entirety; it boasts a shocking depth of character. Next up is a full-length, which Woodward plans to release in conjunction with his graduation from UGA’s Music Business Program—he invented his major, Popular Music Composition—in December 2013.
“In the meantime,” he writes, “I will be performing in and around Athens on the piano, releasing demos and videos… and generally just enjoying my short time on this wild and crazy Earth.” See tswoodward.bandcamp.com.
Next Show: Wednesday, Dec. 5 @ Go Bar
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