Thomas Truax is an American singer/musician, inventor and multi-media artist. One of the most imaginative characters on the pop music fringe, since the year 2000 Thomas has been traveling the world performing with his evolving “band” of bizarre self-made Harry Partch-esque instruments including a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels called ‘Mother Superior’ and a pimped-up Dr. Seuss-ian Gramophone called ‘The Hornicator’, as well as his venerable resonator guitar ‘Hank’. Time Out magazine has dubbed him “The king of home-made instruments” while Splendid magazine called him “one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you’ve never heard of…an exceptional talent, unique and resistant to comparison, yet fairly accessible even to casual listeners.” Notable supporters and collaborators include Jarvis Cocker, Duke Special, Richard Hawley, Amanda Palmer, and the late author Terry Pratchett. Brian Viglione (of the Dresden Dolls/Violent Femmes) plays drums on Thomas’s studio album ‘Jetstream Sunset’.
Thomas has recorded 8 albums as listed below .....
"Full Moon Over Wowtown" (Psycho Teddy Records, US/Breakin' Beats, Europe - 2002)
"Audio Addiction" (Psycho Teddy Records, US/Breakin' Beats, Europe - 2005)
"Why Dogs Howl at the Moon" (SL Records - 2007)
"Songs from the films of David Lynch" (Psycho Teddy Records, SL Records - 2009)
"Sonic Dreamer" (Psycho Teddy Records, SL Records - 2010)
"Monthly Journal" (Blang - 2012)
"Trolls, Girls & Lullabies" (Psycho Teddy Records - 2014)
"Jetstream Sunset" (Psycho Teddy Records - 2015)
"All That Heaven Allows" (Psycho Teddy Records - 2018)