Angels - Tom Walker
LCM #SongOfTheDay: ‘Angels’ is the excellent new track by Scottish born but London based singer-songwriter Tom Walker. Tom is releasing his debut album ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ on the 19th October, supported by a full UK and mainland European tour, The London date will be at the 02 SBE on the 17th October.
Tom Walker is a Scottish singer-songwriter who grew up near Manchester and signed with Sony Music's Relentless Records. He released his debut single "Sun Goes Down" in March 2016. On 19 May 2017 he released an EP ‘Blessings’, through Relentless Records. His most successful hit commercially is "Leave a Light On" in 2017.
Tom has been honing his sound over the past couple of years and this is in some part influenced by sharing a house with twelve others, also musicians where they would jam together in their home-built studio. He has also cited musicians such as John Mayer, Paolo Nutini and Angus Young (AC/DC) as having an impact on him as an artist. At the end of 2015 Tom signed with Relentless Records.
Tom was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month appearing on NBC's Today show with Kathie Lee Gifford where he performed live his hit "Just You and I". The song has accumulated over 29 million Spotify streams. His follow-up single is "Blessings", the title track from his debut EP ‘Blessings’ EP. On 13 June 2017, Tom released the single "Heartland", co-written and produced by Naughty Boy. Tom has described the meaning behind the track as a reference to temptation getting the better of you and the consequences of those actions. On 22 August 2017, the single was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist.
In mid-2017, Tom was named as one of the new additions to the BBC Radio 1 Brit List, alongside other rising British talent such as Stefflon Don and J Hus.
Tom Walker has played sold-out tours and support slots for artists like George Ezra, Gallant and Jake Bugg. On 28 September, Walker began his US tour, in Connecticut, supporting The Script. On 13 October 2017, Walker released his single "Leave a Light On" on Relentless Records. The single was co-written and produced by Steve Mac (Clean Bandit's "Symphony", P!nk's "What About Us", Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You"). The track was also featured on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist around the world and Walker was featured as the cover image for New Music Friday Germany. The music video for "Leave a Light On" was produced by Charles Mehling (Paolo Nutini, Olly Murs, The Script) and filmed in Croatia.