STORIES FROM THE STAGE

I thought I was done with music.

Something that had filled my soul with such joy, for so long. I told myself I had a good run, did lots of wonderful projects, made some amazing music with wonderful friends along the way, and even wrote a trilogy that encapsulated it all, and then some. But, I told myself that I was too old, a busy mom working a semi creative job to keep my kids futures afloat, cheering them on as they grew.

Music, I told myself was for them now- and once and awhile I would sing a song with Tony and smile... but that was it. Wall of Tom had crumbled after the pandemic, we lost friends and we lost family, our hearts just weren't in it anymore...

But then one day five months ago, we got a group text from Michael, wondering if, just maybe, we wanted to jam. Sometimes that's all you need is a little nudge... so we tried it, and it worked, and it was different. We rounded up a new drummer, a seasoned pro transplant from Portland with a Seattle way of playing and a 90's grunge feel. Wall of Tom's new sound is harder, faster and well, rockin'- it feels closer to how it felt at the beginning, when we started as a four piece alternative rock band.

 

Now we have reworked original songs that we never played before and turns out- I'm not dead after all. None of us are, and we feel everything that is happening out there in the world and we are pulling it into the studio and making it ours- and let me tell you - it feels fucking fantastic. In a place where cover bands rule the stages, this original band is back, and bringing the musings to life once again- LOUD.