Tom Cribb Reveals Debut Album ‘Garbage Time’
Manureva Records is proud to present Garbage Time, the debut album from New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based songwriter Tom Cribb. Co-produced by Nikau Te Huki of Casual Healing and recorded in one week in Wellington, it’s a record of heartache, squandered potential and dry-humoured survival, working hard to find some resolution in troubled waters.
Sitting across indie, folk, country and alternative, the album pairs bittersweet vocals with skipping fingerpicking and largely organic production, in the lineage of Leonard Cohen, Big Thief, Harry Nilsson and Andy Shauf. The first single, HeadNoise, was playlisted by Spotify, and it was followed by Left Turn Away and Waves. Garbage Time is available on all platforms.
In early October, Cribb took the songs to the stage for the first time with a full band of acclaimed New Zealand and Australian session musicians, playing a standout Saturday night show at Bar Open in Fitzroy, Melbourne. More shows are booked, and a second album is already in the works.
The title is a sports reference.
The music is a reflection.
The result is Garbage Time.
