Catch David Tomaloff's new album, "Birds on Wires", now streaming in its entirety at www.davidtomaloff.com/birds

Southeastern Wisconsin singer/songwriter, David Tomaloff, offers music lovers a sneak peek at his brand new album, "Birds on Wires", which is slated for release in mid-October. Tomaloff has been best known for his work with the independent rock and roll outfit, The Dammitheads, whose two self-released albums garnered a fair share of critical praise and song placements on such shows as “Invasion” and MTV’s “Real World: Road Rules”.   

His most recent musical incarnation finds Tomaloff decidedly many miles from the Dammitheads’ sound, immersed in a unique and ardent blend of Americana, Roots, and Folk Rock, all distilled and delivered in the form of his most accomplished and compelling work yet; a ten-song album titled, Birds on Wires. Birds on Wires comes across as a more straight ahead and lyrically centered work than anything Tomaloff has done to date and, while his lyrics are most often delivered in the first person, they are never obviously “personal”, preferring instead to leave the cast of characters free to roam about and gel with the listener.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Birds on Wires is the record’s somewhat unusual recording process, wherein Tomaloff enlisted the help of friend, drummer-engineer, and NC native, Chris Garges, for what would become a very fruitful long-distance recording relationship. For this process, Tomaloff sent Chris demo versions of the songs to record drums and percussion over as he saw fit. Garges then sent the tracks back to Tomaloff to finish.  As the songs progressed, many of them were sent back to Garges for further recording, adding the heart wrenching pedal steel of Bob Barone.

Birds on Wires, which is currently set to be self-released in mid-October, was recorded by David Tomaloff at his own Hey!Low Sound System studio and by Chris Garges at Old House Studio in Gastonia, NC. The album was mixed by Chris Garges at Old House Studio and mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen in Carrboro, NC. "Tomaloff has just returned from some state that I've never been to and recorded some darn good tunes.  They take me back to a place that I've never been, but always wanted to go - with the likes of Bob Dylan and Mark Twain and other essential notables as your tour guides." – The Boy (Matt Geary)

"The new stuff is brilliant! It's like you channeled Alyson Krause, Jeff Tweedy, Patterson Hood, Hayward Williams, and Ray Lamontange, then took all the best of each to make the perfect music." – Steven Pfaff

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Clearly, I love music; but then, who doesn’t? I am currently kept by two odd cats with very differing personalities; though, neither seems to be put off by the differences. I love taking photographs and generally hate to drive long distances. I am self taught at nearly everything I do but am almost always disposed to point that out as a “feature” and not a bug, regardless of what I might believe in context to any given instance.

I find myself strangely fascinated by old photographs and drawn to the people and places I see in them. I sometimes feel a part of a long forgotten era myself but must digress, as I believe that tendency somehow exists in nearly all of us. I believe that if “the muse” had a face, it would probably look a lot like an actress from a very old movie, beaming down all black and white and savagely fragile; tough talking and, all at once, criminally insecure.

I despise reality television of any kind as I believe it makes for a much weaker and, ultimately, poorer nation. I love the art of the word and can sometimes just stare at a great book, in awe of its very presence in the room. I believe that the greatest trait of man is the ability to constantly renew in the face of adversity and believe. I believe man’s worst trait is the willingness to destroy others in the search.

I am obsessed with hats and very much enjoy a crisp white wine; though, I do love a deep red now and again. I think iPods are evil and almost never leave home without one. I believe in tea and sometimes, on a good day, I even believe in myself. I suppose you could consider this a blurry snapshot into the mind that crafted the handful of songs featured on Birds on Wires. I’m not exactly sure just what it might have to tell you of them, but I have hopes it may reveal more to you than a couple of cleverly crafted paragraphs about a musician and his past achievements.

These songs are really just that, themselves; blurry snapshots; glimpses into the minds of the characters that walk through them. They are passing moments in lives forgotten but strangely familiar in a way that lives in nearly all of us; and if I’ve done my job well, I suspect they will reveal themselves to you in a way that is savagely fragile, tough talking and, all at once, criminally insecure.

-David W. Tomaloff, 2008