“Sometimes I have to concede: You actually can write a good song without words.” - David-Ivar Herman Dune, March 2006 My Two Toms formed in Newport in 2001 and moved to Bristol in 2002. One of them is called Cops, the other one Stubbs. They play instrumental songs on banjo, guitar, ukulele and xylophone. “ The melodies are direct, memorable, and inseparable from the interlocking harmonies that are weaved around them. My Two Toms carries the traditions of the most memorable music; the complexity found deep within the drone of the Appalachian Mountains, the spiraling melodies of Northumberland pipe tunes, a simple song that stands well the test of time and is remembered not in a crazy-making way but as an old friend.” – Charlie Parr, April 2006 “ It hurt right, like, you know, in the heart, where it's at, it spoke to me, straight, you know? and I was there, I was a My Two Toms fan. So, I bought their album after the show, wished they had it spinning 78RPM, it would have fitted their style. And then, well, I still have it, still listen to it, and I’m glad someone’s re-releasing it. I’ll buy it again, I’ll put it on for someone, a good friend and I’ll go: “Hey! You gotta listen to this, man, listen to this tune, man, it’s awesome!” or something like that!” - David-Ivar Herman Dune, March 2006 “ An endearingly ramshackle charm belies the precision of the details”– Careless Talk Costs Lives, issue 5, march/april 2003 My Two Toms have supported artists as diverse as Kimya Dawson, Mirah, Herman Dune, Joanna Newsom, Charlie Parr, Animal Collective, Nina Nastasia, Movietone, Crescent, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Little Wings, Nancy Elizabeth, Chatham County Line and Jeffrey Lewis. My Two Toms continue to write and play and have just released a new record featuring their sometime collaborators Matt Jones and Kate Wright (Movietone, Crescent)