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Speaking about this new album, Tom shares, “One year ago, almost exactly to the day, I set myself the challenge to write and record an entire album using only my voice and my piano with absolutely nothing else. I found myself digging deeper than I ever have before both with my words and piano playing. I am so proud of the way this record has turned out and I really cannot wait for you all to hear it.“
Tom has also shared the first part of his new multi-part docu-series, which gives viewers an insight into the making of the album. The remaining episodes will follow in the coming weeks. Watch part one HERE.
Having fulfilled his major label record deal in 2021, Tom began to look ahead to a new era, a new way of working, and embarked on an independent new chapter of his career in which he reclaims control and takes back the reins of his artistry.
Now an independent artist, free from the constraints of a major label and armed with a newfound sense of freedom, Tom Odell has stripped things back. Speaking about his new found independence, Tom says, “I feel so free, so liberated to be an independent artist. There’s a huge amount of relief in this music, of just getting to do exactly what I want to do.”
With focus taken off hooks and songwriting strategy, Tom has created an environment where listeners can sit with the music and breathe. Inspired by a Rick Rubin quote on the importance of applying rules to yourself, he put that into practice, limiting himself to creating music using just his voice and his piano.
Speaking about the album’s creation process, Tom says, “I've never done an album that was just on the piano, and I thought it would be quite exciting. So, the whole album, there’s no other instrument on it. It is just piano and my voice. That was really incredible to work with those restrictions.”
Best Day Of My Life takes Tom to some frank and painful places. On ‘Enemy’ he discusses his ongoing battle with anxiety, and ‘Just Another Thing That We Don’t Talk About’ narrates his inherited tendency to suppress his own feelings. The album also features the already-released title track ‘Best Day Of My Life’, tackling being alive and experiencing moments of euphoria following bouts of sadness; ‘Sad Anymore’, a moment of self-reflection that see’s Tom question his own happiness; and ‘Flying:))’, an expression of despair.
The new single ‘Smiling All The Way Back Home’ is the closing track on the forthcoming album. Discussing it, Tom says “I went through a really hard couple of years where I really lost my stability, and in a way the album is a journey towards letting go. When I get to that last song, I really feel that journey of arriving somewhere better than you were before.”
In recent months, Tom has been making his way across Europe and the UK, following the conclusion of his Spring North American headlining tour and a performance at Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City. Next up, Tom will return to the states to play Austin City Limits on Sunday, October 16th (TICKETS), followed by a just announced 13-date UK in-store tour which kicks off October 18th. For a list of all upcoming live dates, please visit https://tomodell.com.
Tom recently celebrated his hit single ‘Another Love’ being certified RIAA Platinum, reaching 1 billion Spotify streams, an incredible milestone achieved by just 200 artists. The single had a phenomenal resurgence this year with the sound often being used in videos covering the crisis in Ukraine. Subsequently, Tom performed the single at ITV’s Concert For Ukraine in April that raised over £13.4m (over $15 million), performing it at the train station in Bucharest to raise awareness and money for Ukrainian refugees. Tom joined forces with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Tiësto for a special remix of the track, with all proceeds going to the charity, Choose Love. Listen to the Tiësto Remix of ‘Another Love’ HERE.
PRE-ORDER/SAVE
BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
LISTEN
‘SMILING ALL THE WAY BACK HOME’
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
10/16 – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Austin, TX
Track listing:
The new single ‘Smiling All The Way Back Home’ is the closing track on the forthcoming album. Discussing it, Tom says “I went through a really hard couple of years where I really lost my stability, and in a way the album is a journey towards letting go. When I get to that last song, I really feel that journey of arriving somewhere better than you were before.”
In recent months, Tom has been making his way across Europe and the UK, following the conclusion of his Spring North American headlining tour and a performance at Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City. Next up, Tom will return to the states to play Austin City Limits on Sunday, October 16th (TICKETS), followed by a just announced 13-date UK in-store tour which kicks off October 18th. For a list of all upcoming live dates, please visit https://tomodell.com.
Tom recently celebrated his hit single ‘Another Love’ being certified RIAA Platinum, reaching 1 billion Spotify streams, an incredible milestone achieved by just 200 artists. The single had a phenomenal resurgence this year with the sound often being used in videos covering the crisis in Ukraine. Subsequently, Tom performed the single at ITV’s Concert For Ukraine in April that raised over £13.4m (over $15 million), performing it at the train station in Bucharest to raise awareness and money for Ukrainian refugees. Tom joined forces with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Tiësto for a special remix of the track, with all proceeds going to the charity, Choose Love. Listen to the Tiësto Remix of ‘Another Love’ HERE.
PRE-ORDER/SAVE
BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
LISTEN
‘SMILING ALL THE WAY BACK HOME’
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
10/16 – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Austin, TX
Track listing:
Best Day Of My Life
Sad Anymore
Sunrise___
Just Another Thing That We Don’t Talk About
The Blood We Bleed
Give A F***
Librium
Flying:))
Enemy
Monday
___Sunset
Smiling All The Way Back Home
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