Tom Odell

I’ve been meaning to write about him for so long, so I thought no more delay, today is The Day.

Tom Odell is a British singer, songwriter and composer, officialy releasing music since around 2012, when he got signed to Columbia Records.

I’ve discovered him about three years ago on youtube and instantly fell in love with his authenticity, sensibility and his commendable modesty. More often that not he’s just sitting behind the piano, playing and singing to his heart content. Normally, there are also back up vocalists, or other instrumentalists as well, but it’s not obnoxious, if you know what I mean?

Not that I don’t appreciate and like special effects and all that commotion with dancers, props and so on; but that’s simply not what you expect when you go to Tom’s concert, and it’s completely fine. Simplicity wins me over.

Tom composes and writes his own music since he was a teenager. Although he wasn’t very confident at stage at first (he was especially self-conscious about his singing),but through trials and mistakes he gained experience in this area, and what I can say? He just has this certain energy flow when he performs and charisma that draws you in, like a moth to light.

Two years ago, when he was touring in Europe after realising his second album « Wrong Crowd » I had the absolute pleasure to hear him live in Poznań. It was a very magical and emotional night for me, and I think for him as well, since it was his 25th birthday. Of course we sang him Happy Birthday and prepared a special present for him to celebrate it : it consisted mainly of letters, fanarts, poem books and food. What’s more, throughout the whole concert we agreed on using special banners or light our phones up at the right moment.

Needless to say, Tom was very thankful and grateful, he’s just very attentive to his audience and vice versa and I think that’s how it’s supposed to be like between fans and their favourite artist – this sort of mutual respect and understanding.

Interesting fact : His third full album called « Jubilee Road » will be released on 26th october 2018. On his upcoming tour he’s also going to perform in Poland next year : on 25th January in Krakow and on 26th January in Warsaw. The tickets are still available, so if you’re interested, you can purchase them and see for yourself what kind of artist he is. :) Here’s a little snippet from his new album to encourage you to do so: