Self-titled Album Out 9/25
This Friday Texas singer/songwriter Thomas Csorba will be releasing “Crooked Kind of Free,” the latest single from his upcoming album Thomas Csorba (out 9/25). Fans can hear the track and see the gorgeous new music video for the song over on The Boot.
Watch the video for “Crooked Kind of Free” here:
https://youtu.be/XKfTQoHBgKg
“About two years ago, I became aware of the separation of kids and their parents at the border of Texas and Mexico. With this heavy injustice in mind, I set out to write a song that tries to come to terms with the brokenness in this country,” says Thomas. “Since then, we’ve found ourselves facing a number of questions about what ‘freedom’ in America really looks like, and this song has taken on an expanded meaning.”
Speaking to the visuals of the song Thomas also said: “The video was quite an undertaking to create. My videographer, Austin Leih, and I worked hard on developing a narrative that embodied the journey of a person coming to terms with this idea of American freedom. The video and the song both accept blame and responsibility, while still being able to struggle with hard questions that this American life has to offer.”
“I’m grateful for a country where I’m able to ask questions through my art. Questioning and pointing out injustice is part of our responsibility as Americans, but the real question is: what are we going to do about it?”
Thomas Csorba’s new music has been praised by many including American Songwriter, Cowboys & Indians, and D Magazine. Ones to Watch writes, “it is immediately evident that Thomas is a songwriter comfortable in a lineage that celebrates the American experience, or maybe even one who revels in a nostalgia for the everyday that singing poets such as Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie and Johnny Cash embodied.”
Thomas 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).