Tom

There’s a thrill to being on stage, playing live music, that’s unlike any drug.It’s immediate. Electric. Addictive.And then there’s a quieter thrill in writing and recording a song—knowing it might last forever. That tension has always existed in music. One of my favorite music documentaries, Searching for Sugar Man, explores that idea better than almost anything I’ve ever seen. On…

I’ve always come back to the story of Justin Vernon going off to a cabin in the woods and coming back with For Emma, Forever Ago. I don’t think it’s because I want to do exactly what he did. And it’s definitely not because I’m trying to rewind my life or miss some old version of it. That’s never really…

Shelf Life is more than a project about music.It’s a project about life. A reminder that we all have a shelf life—but what truly matters is what we create that outlives us. This project began by breathing new life into old songs.Where it goes from here, I honestly don’t know. Like a lot of people, I grew up with a…