Trauma | Banco de Gaia (original) (raw)

My new album is now out – finally! Thanks to all of you who’ve pre-ordered or pre-saved a copy.

You can find it in all good record stores and online at

The album is an expression of stress and of suffering while also a celebration of overcoming and of hope.This juxtaposition is explored over the course of the album: a craving for peace in Mir; a simple bee sting in A Bee Song; loss and grieving in Draig Ddu; the wish for things to be otherwise in War; greed and abuse of power in My Little Country; AI’s potential for good and/or bad in Electric Sheep; a yearning for something greater and purer in Mo Dhia; the unbearable weight of relentless suffering in Endure; and the resignation, acceptance and surrender of The Dying Light.

The creation of the album was informed by both family and global issues: declining health in both my parents was overshadowed by ongoing wars around the world, inducing trauma in millions of people (be they defender, aggressor, or innocent) while the growing environmental crisis inflicts damage on the very world we inhabit, cracking the fabric of our survival systems.

Despite all of this, Trauma seeks and finds light in the darkness, and great beauty and joy in the midst of despair. The album is ultimately a celebration of the acceptance that in this huge universe we can dream of better and transcend our travails.

Nietzsche wrote “_What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger_”. Perhaps that is what truly makes us human?

I hope you enjoy the album, and look forward to seeing some of you at the release tour, the dates for which are below.

Cheers,

Toby

UPCOMING GIGS

12/09 23 Bath Street, Frome – TICKETS

26/09 Band on the Wall, Manchester – TICKETS
27/09 Oslo, London – TICKETS
28/09 The Gladstone, Brighton – TICKETS
30/11 The Chapel, Nottingham – SOLD OUT

05/12 The Jam Jar, Bristol – TICKETS

07/12 Poco Loco, Chatham – TICKETS