Cargo Records

Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks

Originally from Beckenham in Kent, Tom, 29, moved to Nottingham in 2000
where he still lives. Formerly one half of acclaimed electronica duo, Wauvenfold,
Tom has released material on Wichita Records and performed a number of live
shows under his solo alias - Penfold Plum.

His debut with Expanding Records, 'Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks', sees
Tom shift away from his often kooky, beat driven method of melodic sound-design
to sculpt an album of interlacing classical guitar-part harmonies and textural samples,
including the creaks of chairs and all the knocks, scrapes, bumps and other byproducts
that come with playing a wooden instrument. The result is an intimate and
delicate, broken, organic sound that is both hauntingly vivid and atmospheric, whilst
managing to retain some of those glitchy electronic characteristics that earned
Wauvenfold its reputation among the likes of Björk, Super Furry Animals and John
Peel himself.