Tamas Wells既是团名也是其中主唱的名字，这支来自澳洲墨尔本的indie-pop乐团最早成立于00年初，当时只有Owen Gray (bass, harmonica)及Ben Castle(violin)两名成员，发行的第一张EP"Hello Jealousy"是张带点政治意味的民谣唱片，创作灵感来自当年的“第三世界国家债务解除运动”，第二年鼓手Nathan Collins的加入带入了新的创作元素，而接下来紧密的巡回演出，也为Tamas Wells在当地乐界积累了不少人气。02年3月和8月分别发行了两张广受好评的EP（"Cigarettes, a Tie and a Free Magazine"及"Stitch In Time"），Ben中途退出接着加入了Tamas和Anthony。知名制作人Tim Whitten（曾制作过Gersey, Art of Fighting, Gaslight Radio）在听过"Stitch in Time" 之后颇为欣赏，邀请他们来悉尼的Megaphon studios共同录制新唱片，04年第一张专辑"A Mark On The Pane"曾被评为当年最美的唱片之一。

尽管Tamas Wells十岁那年没能通过AMEB一级钢琴考试，却是从那时起真正喜爱上音乐，当被人提及他那“毫不做作的天使般的嗓音”时，他说那是一天喝八升水的成果（笑），听着Tamas Wells总是容易想起那些骑着单车四处游荡无忧无虑的校园时光，如此纯净美好的声音，不着迷都不行.

Tamas Wells的音乐，平缓优美的旋律，没有什么激昂的东西，可是就这么平淡着、慢慢的渗透到内心。木吉他配上简单的鼓点，偶尔用些钢琴做点缀，似乎在证明着“最简单直接的东西才是最动人”这句话。

他的音乐风格是一种用独立方式制作出带着流行味道的民谣，尽管看起来似乎有点矛盾，但细细品来，确觉贴切与合理。

第一张专辑  Tamas Wells - A Mark On The Pane

 

 

 

Artist - Tamas Wells
Album - Mark on the Pane
Label - Popboomerang
Styles - Singer/Songwriter,Indie Pop
 
Review by Johnny Loftus
Melbourne's Tamas Wells doesn't share Jens Lekman's flair for self-deprecating humor. And the warm arrangements he and his band come up with make Mark on the Pane much less stark than the acoustic solitude of Kings of Convenience's Quiet Is the New Loud. But the melancholy and blind belief in romance that those artists possess is all over Wells' full-length debut. It's in his breathy, quiet singing, and the gentle guitar lines of "Even in the Crowds" or "Broken By the Rise"; it guides the gorgeous lullaby/love song sway of opener "When We Do Fail Abigail." Mark on the Pane feels more like a collection of moments than a cohesive album, despite the presence of two evocative instrumental segues in "Petit Mal at a Grand Occasion" and the aptly named "Seque in GM." Maybe it's the way Wells' supporting mates' contributions are limited to the subtlest brush of snare ("If You Bring Me Aubergines") or the quiet surge of a solemn organ ("Chandeliers"), putting the focus on his plaintive vocals and studied guitar — as bittersweet and beautiful as those elements are, they also make parts of Pane sound rather similar. Nevertheless, it's a wonderful debut with a clutch of unique, almost solemn melodies and enough lyrics about old photos and sad things coming in threes to make it comfort even the most melancholy of cockles.