From 'Trolls, Girls & Lullabies' 
New original score for Peer Gynt 
Played to the back beat of a real human heart beat

Always Been A Dreamer (Blues)

Recorded live by Lee McFadden (thank you Lee!) at the Spice Of Life, London, December 29 2013, on his little portable recorder. Played on the Hornicator with the help of a 1929 gray tip deluxe pocket comb.

Why Dogs Howl At The Moon (live at Spice of Life, London 2013)

I phoned it in from the moon. If you don't believe me, listen to the song.  It was born from a naive melody on a lightweight Casio PT-20 with its built in rhythm and automated backing chords, I turned into a big production with a multitude of things including timpani, strings, and the Hornicator. There is a longer version that will only be available on the finished album.

Lost On The Moon In June

From the album 'Jetstream Sunset' (alternate full-length version) out April 2015

I Was A Teenage Post-Punk (Full Long Tail Version)

As New Horizons moves very close to it's imminent encounter I was inspired to put together this little song (well, music with spoken word) about the "Little lost demoted planet"

Pluto's New Horizons

October's single installment of the Monthly Journal living album project. Performed mostly on self-made instrument 'the Hornicator'.

Everything's Gone Halloween

Second single from ninth album 'All That Heaven Allows'
Featuring special guest vocals by Gemma Ray, S J Cora, Paul Wallfisch, James Smith and animal members of the Wowtown open-source congregational choir
Cover photo R Hanson

All That Heaven Allows

Humane Train

"Leftfield troubadour from New York City known for making his own instruments. Inventive and Romantic" -TimeOut

UNCUT magazine says "Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics."

 His evolving 'band' of self-made sound sculptures include a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels called 'Mother Superior' and a souped up Gramophone called 'The Hornicator'.

He crafts rich, poetically evocative songs about insects, trees, technology, and a lifelong obsession with things lunar, including various reasons 'Why Dogs Howl at The Moon'. His nine studio LPs include highly-rated covers album 'Songs From The Films Of David Lynch'.  

Other notable supporters and collaborators have included Jarvis Cocker, Duke Special, James Konopinski Smith of Yard Act, Richard Hawley, Bob Log III, the Dresden Dolls and the late author Terry Pratchett. Currently he’s finishing off a 2022 album release that features drummer Budgie of the Slits, Siouxsie & The Banshees et al.


On Soundcloud in 2011, The Monthly Journal album was a living, mutating organism taking place in twelve intervals over a year. Tracks were informed by any number of things: the vibe, feeling, texture, atmosphere of the changing seasons, the expanding and contracting lengths of days and nights, weather, news, dreams, personal or world events as they unfolded. Songs were produced and released within the window of each month.

Thomas Truax

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