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  Autumn Update

  11.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s already autumn again.  It’s definitely my favorite time of year, and probably the time of year that I feel the most creatively inspired.  I’ve been working on a follow up to Kiku, when I can.  I’ve been rather busy running Drifting Falling and it’s been a struggle to find balance between all of the things [...]

• general, news, preview, release

  Spring update

  03.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  OK, so it’s been a little while since my last update.  Sorry for that, seems that between MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and such I’m having a bit of a social media identity crisis.  Couple that with the fact that I also run Drifting Falling and it seems the tools that are supposed to make it easier [...]

• news, recording, release

  Autumn update

  11.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The darkness comes early these days and in the more intemperate parts of the world the leaves have long since began their stunning transcendence into contrasting shades of orange, yellow and red.  This is by far my favorite time of year.
  I’ve been hearing lots of great feedback from the release of Soft Focus.  Lots of [...]

• mp3, news, preview, release

  Soft Focus

  08.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Soft Focus is available for pre-order on the Drifting Falling webstore.  10 tracks, this album has been a long time coming.  I think it’s a great follow up to The Cause of the Colour.  I’ve posted a few new tracks to my MySpace page, for you to listen to and there is a track preview [...]

• news, release

  Soft Focus track listing

  01.01.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Confirmed track listing.
  Soft Focus

  condensation
  sorry i never wrote you back
  don’t bestow the lesser things
  the stars are sleeping
  solitude
  i can’t remember the sound
  static images and soft whispers
  thousands of miles and an ocean away
  shattering glass houses
  magnetic north

• news, performance

  The Cause of the Colour support shows

  01.15.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  A couple of shows have been added in support of the release of “The Cause of the Colour”. Watch this space for more dates.

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Jon Thompson grew up in a small industrial town outside of Houston, Texas. Close to the coast, it’s the sort of small American town where his only window into the bigger world of music was staying up until 1am on a Sunday night to watch 120 Minutes on MTV. Perhaps it was this, as much as anything else, that led him to pick up a guitar and seek solace amongst the rhythm and the sound. [...]

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Oppressed by the Line - The Cause of the Colour
Oppressed by the Line - Soft Focus
Oppressed by the Line - Kiku