Music

Brainlove Festival 2011: Tom Milsom

John Rogers | Saturday 7 May, 2011 11:47

Snipe’s series of interviews with the artists playing the annual Brainlove Festival continues . Discover musician, poet and YouTube celeb Tom Milsom below, and get your tickets here.

1. Hello! We’re really happy you’re playing Brainlove Festival. Could you introduce yourself?
I’m Tom, a 21 year old musician from London. I spend time making videos online and drawing comic books, and I’m currently working on a series of mini-albums called ‘Explorers’.

2. Tell us a bit about the song you’ve given us.
Porphyrophobia’s a song about meeting someone exciting and new and feeling magical inside despite all the evidence lodged in the back of your brain telling you that you’re basically making a huge mistake. I don’t tend to write love songs, so when I do I try to dose them with some cheery pathological introspection. You know, for levity.

Tom Milsom – Porphyrophobia by snipelondon

3. Do you have a favourite festival performance? Both from a festival you’ve played, and a show by another artist…
When I was at the Matt Groening ATP I witnessed Spiritualized playing Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space with a full orchestra. It’s the only time I’ve ever cried tears of joy at a show apart from seeing Dan Deacon at Lollapalooza in 2009.

4. How about a few words for curious readers wondering what to expect from your performance at BRNLV Festival this year?
Noise and laughs and things going wrong and then somehow being better than they were meant to be. The new stuff uses a lot of instruments, so trying to squeeze that into a few instruments and a loop pedal can be almost acrobatic at times :D

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