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United Kingdom, Singer-Songwriter
October 30, 1982

Rod Thomas is a Welsh independent singer-songwriter, based in New York. Bright Light Bright Light incorporates many elements of nu-disco into his music, also branching into synthpop, dance and house music. Two of his albums have reached the top 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

A lot of the time I get inspired by stuff I overhear on the subway, which is real-life film I suppose… so it’s like dialogue or interactions that catch you off-guard, that are very different from your own.

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- Inspired
- Dialogue
- Subway
I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.

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I don’t think that I am the most informed or that I’ve earned my place to be a political spokes-voice. So I try to keep that type of politic out of my songwriting and I do it more in my personal life. I do a lot of fundraising, I do a lot of awareness raising through charity fundraising and lots of stuff that I do via eBay or my website, and I try to donate to causes that are fighting Trump’s racist system or the awful effects that Brexit is going to have.

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- Voice
- Politic
- Fundraiser
Last tour I met a man with my face tattooed on his arm – which was wild.

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- Man
- Face
- Tour
I really want to be able to work in cinema. So one of my long-term goals is to score films. I think probably horror – because that’s my favourite genre.

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- Goals
- Horror
- Cinema