Auld

Auld is the solo project of Thom Pitts. I'm a musician/writer/producer/performer based in Donegal.

My music has been described as genre-fluid. I don't think that is a description I'd use myself about my own music because I'd sound incredibly pretentious, but as someone else said it, I will use it.

I make indie/folk music glued together with some electronic and ambient parts.

My last EP 'A Soho Summer Evening' was a work of collaboration with some amazing musician friends based in Ireland and the UK.

My live set up is a mixture of 'funny' stories and 'hopefully not funny' songs and is based on a concept known as 'The Wholesome Centre.' A place people can hang out and bring their nostalgia to life. It is me and a guitar, but I also use a synth and sampler to help me try and create something a bit different.

I've played loads of great gigs so far including at The Moth Club, The Union Chapel, Sligo Live, The Thomas House and many more and I've had lots of nice words said about my music in Nialler 9, GoldenPlec, Atwood magazine and many (a few) more.

I am just finishing recording an album that I started writing after my Mum died and when I'd just moved out to Murvagh Beach to try and find some answers in the isolation and beauty of Donegal. It's an album that tries to talk honestly about grief, guilt and failure but also tries to have a bit of fun with those things.