"Strong." "Expect big things." "Moody. Bombastic. Confident. Vulnerable. Wow." “A force to be reckoned with.” "Best Canadian Album of the year." "Tomi Swick has a great voice and wonderful songs... He's the real deal." "Tomi has a ridiculous ability to write accessible and appealing pop melodies that he underscores with beautiful [Jeff] Buckley-esque vocals. He's raw and real talent." "a collection of polished melodic gems, boasting glistening rock ballads, the likes of which we haven't heard a Canadian write or perform this side of the 21st century. The sincerity and earnestness that sweep across all the sentimental landscapes of this album harkens back to the folk movement of the early 1970s, when the key to songwriting was more than just succeeding in getting airplay." "equipped with all the essential ingredients to crack the top ranks of troubadourism: He's got the earnest vocals and yearning falsetto, the bittersweet melodies and heartbroken diary lyrics, the pretty melodies and rich guitar-pop jangle-ballads... most of Stalled Out's 13 tracks would slide seamlessly into an iPod playlist with Ron Sexsmith, James Blunt, Daniel Powter, David Gray and John Mayer." |