If there was a list for best EPs of the year, this would be placed firmly at the top. Thomston’s visual and sonic experience go hand in hand – note the video for Anaesthetic below. Granted he is 19, from New Zealand and signed to the same management – so by default he is subject to Lorde comparisons, which is fair, but not something Thomas Stoneman is actively courting.
Thomston takes a darker direction in tone and aesthetic – the lyrical content is layered and introspective, but also holds this sonic and almost contrasting romantic melancholia. It makes for exceptional sex music and 4.20 music.