14/10/2024
Out Now!
Proper Mental is back and this week I’m joined by Tom Fleming of One True Pairing and formerly of Wild Beasts!
As a member of Wild Beasts, Tom released 5 acclaimed albums, one of them was nominated for the Mercury Prize and two of the records charted in the top 10.
Wild Beasts called it a day in 2018 with Tom putting out his first material as One True Pairing in 2019.
His new record, Endless Rain, is out on Friday!
In this episode, Tom and I chat about growing up in small towns and finding community through being creative and making music.
We chat about masculinity, what that term means and how it’s affected by society, geography and the class system.
And we chat about depression and the guilt and shame that come with the bad behaviour that is caused by mental ill health and we chat about Tom’s autism diagnosis that received in his late thirties and how that’s impacted his life.
It’s a wonderful conversation and it’s out now in all the usual places!