"SWEET MERMAID" escapes David Suzuki's Playlist for the Planet fishing net!
posted September 2nd, 2010

Dear friends... It seems that my "Sweet Mermaid" was too wiley for Mr. Suzuki. All he was able to catch for his Playlist for the Planet Ontario finalists were some Feather, Fur and Fins, and the odd sparrow or two. Such is the fate when dragging a net fathoms deep.

Thank you to everyone for voting, helping spread the word, and not to mention, sharing your kind words of encouragement. There are some truly worthwhile environmental anthems that made it to the final round, so please do VOTE for your favourite.

In the meantime, I have a new album to harvest: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN. You can preview the tracks right here. Let me know what you think!

Mr. Suzuki is looking to put together songs for a Playlist for the Planet. I figured that although my "Sweet Mermaid" is mostly (admittedly) a love song, it is indeed an ode as well to what I believe is one of the last remaining places on earth where humans and nature continue to frolic in a passionate lover's tryst: the mythical shores of New Zealand. So I've thrown it into the ring, so to speak, in hopes it will remind people to do more than just wax poetic about the environment, but rather poetically wax themselves with the environment.

You can listen to and vote every day for "Sweet Mermaid" on the CBC Radio 3 website (you need to do a free sign-up but it's quick and painless): http://radio3.cbc.ca/planet/vote.aspx

If you can’t find me in the voting list, look under ONTARIO or visit my artist page at: http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Bryce-Thomas. Just for voting for "Sweet Mermaid" you can also get a chance to WIN a super cool Playlist for the Planet t-shirt courtesy of the CBC. How earthy and cool is that?

P.S. Please support me and my Sweet Mermaid by telling all your friends!

NEW ALBUM: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN
posted August 15th, 2010

After a six year hibernation, Bryce Thomas re-awakens with a new album exploring the earthy depths of love, life and lingering libations. The 9 tracks were written, performed, recorded, and produced by Bryce during late-night hours while babies slept, sometime between June 2008 and October 2009.

As Bryce admits, "Midnight in the Garden came about following a rather long period of creative drought. At the time it was as though being a new father had me channelling all my expressive energy directly into my children. Guitars, piano and drums became rather dusty."

Fortunately, the midnight in the garden of his creativity began to sprout something new. It began with a little tune called Dig My Own Grave, which bloomed fully formed in a single evening and is the only song on the new album to not have any extensive revisions or embellishments after the fact.

Some of the other songs, such as Gone, Powder Blue, and Good Things, were in fact intended to be on Bryce's debut album ONCE WERE EXPLORERS, while newer songs, including Venezia, Wanderlust, Groove Back On and the title track, Midnight in the Garden, were welcome surprises that took root and grew in leaps and bounds. And yes, according to Bryce, You and Me was sung with tongue firmly in cheek.

The album is primed for release on iTunes later this fall.
 

ONCE WERE EXPLORERS  posted August 5th, 2010

Bryce's debut album, ONCE WERE EXPLORERS is now available for download at iTunes. Co-produced and engineered by King Kong Girio, ONCE WERE EXPLORERS is eight tales of love, life and libatious lingerings set within bright-white Mediterranean mornings, soul-searching Asian afternoons, and ecstasy-soaked New Zealand nights.