Announces Self-titled Album Coming 9/25
Today Texas singer/songwriter Thomas Csorba has announced his second album Thomas Csorba will be released September 25, 2020. The announcement comes alongside “Another Man In Me,” the first single from the project. American Songwriter say “with ‘Another Man In Me’ and the other sequin stitched signature tunes that comprise Thomas Csorba, this talented young man is well on his way to ensuring his place in the preservation of traditional country for generations to come.”
Watch the “Another Man In Me” music video:
https://youtu.be/icritUAa53c
“This song is a pledge, that I’ll do the work. It’s a stake in the ground telling myself that, like all of us, I have the obligation to do what I can to make things right,” says Csorba. “Change is shown in a multitude of ways, but it always starts within the self. I hope this song serves as an encouragement to you. I hope it stirs you to begin a journey – one that requires us to look inwardly and embrace the people we were meant to be.”
Thomas Csorba has been writing and performing since his early teens, playing shows at historic Texas venues like the Cactus Cafe in Austin and the Mucky Duck in Houston. He put out his first independent EP while still attending Houston’s Memorial High School. By the time he departed for college, he was already working on the collection of tunes that would make up his full-length debut, 2017’s From the Foxhole. Now he’s back with Thomas Csorba, a collection of westerns with a touch of the dust bowl blues, the album moves effortlessly between big country Texas tales and tender bedroom intimacy. Thomas spins expansive stories with a cast of aimless travelers, stubbled loners, and yellowing family portraits.
The album was produced by Beau Bedford, who Thomas met while playing Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion during SXSW. Prior to producing and mixing Thomas Csorba at Modern Electric Sound Recordings in Dallas, Beau notched production credits for Paul Cauthen, Quaker City Night Hawks, and the Texas Gentlemen themselves (who joined as Thomas’s band on the record).
Though Thomas completed work on his new album while still in school, the plan was to hold off on release until graduation so he could tour full-time, both solo and on a slate of prominent opening slots, and with The Texas Gentlemen at select release parties.
Then the pandemic struck. Like every other musician on the planet, Thomas was forced to adjust. What was to be a busy year of roads and rest-stops has instead been spent in reflection and recalibration. Thomas found solace in his work, even writing and recording several additional songs for the album. In spite of the uncertainty around him, he has created something that brims with self assuredness.
“Every question that I face in this season of life seems to be the biggest question,” Thomas observes. “You know…what am I gonna make of myself? What am I going to mean to other people? What am I going to leave behind? I think those are American questions. It’s part of the water I grew up drinking.”
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