Will You Still Love Me Tomora?

I experienced TOMORA for the first time on Later...With Jools Holland last week. 

The show - and it's host - appears to have a Marmite reaction in this corner of the blogosphere, but I enjoy it (mostly), though I frequently skip through artists and the often excruciating 5 minute 'interview' at the piano.

However, the show does still manage to spotlight artists that up to then have been outside of my periphery, and Tomora is the latest addition to that very long list.

I was mesmerised from the start by the music and the performance: loud, exhilarating, lots of fun. Two women dressed in white with big fluffy boots, one singing, the other (mostly) with her back to the audience, and an old guy wearing glasses and a baseball cap behind a bank of kit, all having a whale of a time. And the song - I Drink The Light - was great.

TOMORA were the subject of one of Jools' brief interviews, as he introduced two of the band, Norwegian artist AURORA aka Aurora Aksnes and Tom Rowlands, 50% of The Chemical Brothers... wait, what? Tom Rowlands?! That "old guy" was born a month after me....

Anyway, as Jools interviews go, TOMORA were great value, especially Aurora's unexpected and frank response to his question about what they like to do to relax, which I think made Jools blush. You can see the chat for yourself here.

I was inspired to buy the deluxe digital version of TOMORA's debut album, Come Closer. As the above two examples demonstrate, it's chock full of quirky bangers, which will keep me occupied over the summer months, at least.

Tom and Aurora have been collaborating for over a decade, so I will also be checking out their previous work on respective Chemical Brothers and AURORA albums.

The third person on stage with TOMORA for their TV debut and live shows is fellow Norwegian Amalie Holt Kleive, who is a member of Ice Quartet and has released a couple of albums as a solo artist. Another avenue I will be exploring.

Thanks, Jools!