Tom Brosseau debuts a video for "Today Is A Bright New Day" off his new album, Grass Punks, which is out today on Crossbill Records.

Tom Brosseau returns with his first solo LP in five years!

Grass Punks is out today on Crossbill Records and you can watch and share the beautiful video for "Today Is A Bright New Day" here:


 

Tour Dates:

01.21.14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet: Album Release Party
01.25.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Sketchfest @ Verdi Club
01.26.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Sketchfest @ Marine Memorial Theatre

02.05.14 – Cambridge, MA @ Passim
02.06.14 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
02.07.14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb’s
02.08.14 – Hudson, NY @ Half Moon
02.10.14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store
02.12.14 – Brooklyn NY @ The Paper Box
02.25.14 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
02.26.14 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey *
02.27.14 – Cottage Grove, OR @ Axe and Fiddle *
02.28.14 – Davis, CA @ Veteran’s Memorial Theater
* with Shelby Earl

03.01.14 – Sacramento, CA @ TBA*
03.03.14 – Berkeley, CA @ Freight & Salvage*
03.04.14 – Northern CA @ Private Show*
03.06.14 – San Diego, CA @ North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe
03.07.14 – Santa Monica, CA @ The Sanctuary: Presented by The Bluegrass Situation
03.08.14 – Lompoc, CA @ Certain Sparks Dinner & Show: Presented by The Bluegrass Situation
03.11 – 03.15 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
* with Shelby Earl

Early love for Grass Punks:

"It's in the shadows where the sly Brosseau does his best work, transforming earthbound images into intimations of wonder, giving unremarkable everyday memories a mysterious, almost haunting poignancy." NPR

"North Dakota troubadour brings stark, trembling beauty to folky acoustic pop. The world is better for it." MOJO

"His brand of country-infused folk is uplifting and unexpected." CBC

"Tom Brosseau takes us to these places where we recognize that we're "souls of crazy mirth." Daytrotter

""Underrated Daktotan troubadour returns…" UNCUT

"Tom Brosseau‘s new record “Grass Punks” is a wonderful collection of songs that can be that companion at home at the end of the day. Intimate, wonderful and introspective." Dublab

"Brosseau has spent years being a storyteller himself through his stark and honest lyricism." WNYC

"Grass Punks, Brosseau’s seventh studio album and his first solo release in five years, is a heartfelt homage to flyover country and the souls that grow there." UTNE Reader

"'Tami' is a pretty and soft track; a perfect way to get emotional about your past and remember how much you appreciate your loved ones." FILTER

"Tom Brosseau brings folk vibes and nostalgic expressionist representations of first kiss memoirs that strum and unveil before your eyes and ears." IMPOSE

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Grass Punks (January 21st, 2014 on Crossbill Records) is Tom Brosseau's first solo release in 5 years and his 7th studio album to date. Themes of the album include emptiness of a false dream, loyalty, betrayal and perseverance. It was recorded and produced by Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) in a room in a house near the 101 FWY in Hollywood, California 2011-2012.

Brosseau's thoughts on Grass Punks:

The title of this album is a phrase belonging to a very talented, original San Diego female artist, who would perform her soft, low voiced poetry over cafard melodies on the piano. Her words would run through my head, and because they were so open to meaning, play on repeat.

I take the city bus, which is an experience that has plugged me back into humanity. The faces, languages, the dress, daily I am part of the mix of what is the real face of this town, and though learning the schedules has been challenging, and the temperament of some of my fellow commuters eyeopening, it feels good to be in the same boat as everyone else. People come to Los Angeles because like Frank Lloyd Wright said it's where everything loose collects, and though I am nothing more than another pebble I am the number one observer of this place.

My first musical recordings were done so on the family dictation machine. Cassette tapes I bought for cheap at garage sales, the soundtrack to Batman, Beethoven, Enya, which I then unlocked by obstructing the write-protect tab with tape. My idea of a recording studio isn't some climate controlled facility with cutting-edge technology but a bedroom, Radio Shack mic and tape machine, and when I think of album manufacturing I think of Leslie Dillahunt, who still runs media production out of her home in La Mesa, California.

Enough time goes by and you can make sense of anything. Grass Punks at once brought to my mind an earthen smoldering stick, used to light a wick or ward off peskiness, but now it stands for something greater, a sort of heading for everything I believe in when it comes to my brand of folk music and DIY recording.
 

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Tom Brosseau is a folksinger and songwriter from North Dakota. He comes from a working family with a musical background, though none have received formal training. His grandmother Lillian Uglem taught him the acoustic guitar while he was in grade school.

He has toured Japan, Canada, Portugal, Iceland, Australia; performed in bars, backyards, grand halls, subways, theaters, old folks homes; exchanged songs and poetry with many talented folks, including Susan Orlean, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Patrick Marber, Bonnie Raitt and the late Sam Hinton.

Mayor Mike Brown presented Brosseau the Key to the City of Grand Forks, North Dakota in 2007 for his album of original work entitled Grand Forks. The songs were based on the devastating Red RIver flood of 1997. Natalie Portman chose a track fromGrand Forks, "Plaid-lined Jacket" as part of her continuing work with FINCA, an organization whose mission is to assist communities of impoverishment.

Since 2010, Brosseau has performed with Becky Stark and John C. Reilly in John Reilly & Friends, a band devoted to the current American folk music revival, whose members also include Dan Bern, Willie Watson, Greg Leisz, Jerry Roe and Sebastian Steinberg. In 2011, Reilly and Brosseau recorded a 7" vinyl single entitled John & Tomthat was produced by Jack White for Third Man Records.

Tom Brosseau has toured with John Doe, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, and his songs have been covered by such acts as Chris Thile (bluegrass), Mice Parade (shoe gaze), Silje Nes (experimental), Emily & Christy (pop). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.