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Tom Henry

Tom Henry

Art House

Chicago-born, LA-based Tom Henry channels 60s and 70s power pop, garage rock, and psych into buoyant guitar-pop on his debut, Songs to Sing and Dance To.

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Art House

Tom Henry

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MOODS · nostalgic · upbeat · dreamy · warm · youthful

BIOGRAPHY

Tom Henry is a musician born and raised in Chicago who is now based in Los Angeles. His debut album, Songs to Sing and Dance To, is a twelve-song collection of rock 'n' roll drawing on power pop, garage rock, psych, and folk, mixed and mastered by Jonny Bell at Jazzcats in Long Beach. The record was produced by Kai Slater, a close friend of Henry's from Chicago's Hallogallo scene known for fronting the postpunk trio Lifeguard and recording power pop as Sharp Pins. The track "Do You Wanna Be With Me?" was co-written with bandmate Ben Jordan of The Private Eye. Henry toured the West Coast for nine dates in January 2025, from San Diego to Seattle.

WHY THEY'RE COOL

Tom Henry has drawn genuine editorial notice, with outlets like the Chicago Reader, Glide Magazine, and It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine covering his emergence as a young guitar-pop songwriter steeped in 60s and 70s influences. His debut single "Bella" and the track "Art House" have been singled out for richly orchestrated, hook-laden songwriting, with "Art House" specifically framed as introducing him as a forward-thinking voice in modern rock. His collaboration with Kai Slater of Lifeguard and Sharp Pins ties him to Chicago's active Hallogallo underground scene, giving his debut both a lineage and a sense of momentum.

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