ABOUT TOM

"STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART OF THREE MUSICAL LEGENDS COLLABORATING AS “ONE,” BROTHERS IS THE TENDER, TOUCHING, AND PROFOUNDLY POIGNANT ALBUM FROM WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, AND TOM EATON.  EACH AND EVERY TRACK WILL REMAIN ETCHED DEEPLY INTO YOUR SOUL LONG AFTER THE MUSIC STOPS."

"...IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE TECHNICAL WIZARDRY TOM EATON APPLIES TO HIS WORK WITH OTHER ARTISTS IS TEMPERED WITH THE SOUL OF A TRUE ARTIST."

"INDESTERREN IS A PROFOUNDLY GORGEOUS ALBUM THAT IS SURELY DESTINED TO BECOME ONE OF MY FAVORITES. THE WISTFULLY HAUNTING MELODIES HEREIN SEEM TO FULLY EXPRESS WITHOUT DIRECTLY REVEALING A CLOSELY GUARDED EMOTIONAL SECRET, OFTEN ALLUDING TO NIGHTS SPENT IN SOLITUDE AND PONDERING UNDER THE STARS. AS WITH ABENDROMEN, TOM EATON HAS CREATED YET ANOTHER MASTERPIECE THAT IS EVERY BIT AS MOVING, MYSTERIOUS AND POSSIBLY EVEN MORE STUNNING THAN ITS PREDECESSOR!"

"SEVEN CONVERSATIONS MAKES FOR A MAJESTIC AND MIND-OPENING COLLECTION OF PIECES THAT GENERATE FURTHER INTEREST WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT PLAY."

ABENDROMEN IS A VERY HAPPY SURPRISE FOR THOSE (LIKE ME!) WHO ONLY KNEW OR KNOW TOM EATON FOR HIS WIZARDRY AT IMAGINARY ROAD STUDIOS. THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL ALBUM OF MOSTLY AMBIENT AND ETHERAL MUSIC.

“…THE GHOSTLY ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT HERE IS RIVETING…COMPELLING, LUSH PIANO-DRIVEN ARRANGEMENTS ALONGSIDE GLISTENING INSTRUMENTATION…”

"EVEN WITH THE STRATOSPHERIC PEDIGREE OF THESE THREE MUSICIANS – WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, AND TOM EATON – AND THE EXPECTATIONS I HELD AS A RESULT, BROTHERS STILL STOPPED ME IN MY PROVERBIAL TRACKS DURING MY FIRST PLAYING. THE ALBUM’S EIGHT SONGS FLOW FORTH LIKE A GENTLE BREEZE ON A WARM DAY, CARRYING RELIEF IN EVERY NOTE, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE RELIEF IS A PALPABLE EASING OF STRESS, A WAVE OF GORGEOUS MELODIES EASING THE LISTENER GENTLY INTO A STATE OF UTTER PEACE AND RELAXATION."

"THE MUSIC OF ABENDROMEN HAS A REFRESHING EFFECT. IT PURIFIES THE SOUL AND CONSOLES THE MIND. IT RELEASES HIDDEN EMOTIONS AND GIVES YOU EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR CHERISHED DREAMS.

THIS ALBUM REMINDS ME TO SOME EXTENT OF THE BETTER WORKS OF THE FAMOUS JONN SERRIE BUT EATON DEFINITELY HAS HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE. ALL THE COMPOSITIONS OF THE ALBUM ABENDROMEN ARE THOUGHTFUL AND FILLED WITH INNER LIGHT AND INSPIRATION. THEY SEND A POWERFUL CREATIVE IMPULSE TO THE LISTENER AND YOU CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT WHEN YOU HEAR SUCH EXPRESSIVE MUSIC."

"EATON'S EIGHT SONG, 70-MINUTE MASTERWORK (HIS FIRST FOR THE LEGENDARY SPOTTED PECCARY LABEL) IS ALL AT ONCE GLORIOUS AND SUBTLE, AN ILLUMINATING YET DEEPLY MYSTERIOUS MEDITATIONAL DREAMSCAPE OF NEVER-ENDING INTRIGUE."

"FANTASTIC ALBUM. THE MUSIC IS EMOTIVE, PASSIONATE, AND REFLECTIVE. TOM'S COMPOSITIONS HAVE SHADES OF THOMAS NEWMAN SOUNDTRACKS WITH A BIT OF HAMMOCK, TIM STORY, AND EVEN PATRICK O'HEARN THROWN IN, AND YET ARE COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. ALL THE SONGS FLOW AND BLEND TOGETHER WELL, SO THERE ISN'T ONE SONG THAT COMPLETELY SHOCKS YOU OUT OF THE MOOD THE REST OF THEM GENERATE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND."

“WE’RE USED TO CONFESSIONAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS SHARING THEIR DEEPEST PROBLEMS IN WORDS. TOM EATON DOES IT MUCH MORE SUBTLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. WEATHERING IS HIS EMOTIONALLY RESONANT EXPRESSION OF THE STRUGGLES, REALIZATIONS, AND HARD-WON SATISFACTIONS OF MID-LIFE.”

"WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH MY DEFINITION (OF A SUPERGROUP) OR NOT, THERE’S NO DENYING THAT THE WORD "SUPER" CAN BE APPLIED TO THE ALBUM FROM JEFF OSTER, VIN DOWNES, AND TOM EATON: SEVEN CONVERSATIONS. ONE COULD HAVE THIS AMAZING ALBUM ON REPEAT AND HAVE ONE'S DAY PASS IN A BLISSED STATE OF, DARE I SAY IT, UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL RELAXATION. AND HERE'S THE REAL KICKER, THE ENTIRE ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN REAL TIME. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THESE ARE ALL IMPROVISATIONS! I MEAN…. ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME? AS I WROTE EARLIER…IT'S KINDA GENIUS!"