New Orleans, LA · alt-country · slowcore

Thomas Dollbaum

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New Orleans songwriter of bruised, literary alt-country — gulf-coast grit and quiet devastation in the Berman lineage.

Thomas Dollbaum is a songwriter based in New Orleans who grew up in Florida, and his writing draws heavily on that Gulf Coast upbringing: working-class characters, strip-mall landscapes, and small violences observed at close range. He trained as a visual artist before turning to music, and the songs carry a similar interest in detail and framing.

Musically he works slowly and sparely, with half-spoken vocals set against unhurried guitar figures and arrangements that leave a lot of air. His debut album, Wellswood, took its name from a Tampa neighbourhood and established the narrative approach that has defined his work since.

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