ROLO TOMASSI – A Flood of Light (official music video)

Rolo Tomassi are a British band from Sheffield, England. Their name is taken from a dialogue in the film L.A. Confidential. The band is known for their strong DIY ethic and chaotic style and performances. They are currently signed to Holy Roar (for UK and EU releases) and Ipecac Recordings (for US and Japanese releases).

The band released two albums on Hassle Records: Hysterics (2008) and the Diplo-produced Cosmology (2010). After creating in 2011 their own record label called Destination Moon, they released Eternal Youth, a compilation album of B-sides, remixes and rarities from throughout their career, and their third album Astraea, in 2012 with the first line-up change in their career. They then released two albums on Holy Roar records: Grievances (2015) and Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (2018).

Genre(s): Punk jazz, Art punk, Experimental rock, Mathcore, Grindcore Lyrical theme(s): People, Thoughts, Death, Melancholic, Love Origin: (UK) Penistone, Barnsley, England Formed in: 2005

Line-up Edward Dutton – drums James Spence – synth, vocals Joe Nicholson – Guitar Eva Spence – vocals Joseph Thorpe – Bass Guitar

And I fall Into your open arms Soundly embraced here

When I fail Fall into your open arms Soundly embraced here When I’m lost

Plot threads for a patchwork quilt I’ve been searching for Presence in a wandering heart Kept like secrets Forces bind us with no exception In my absence I have not Forgotten The shadows we create

And I fall Into your open arms Soundly embraced here When I fail Fall into your open arms Soundly embraced here When I’m lost

Fall into those arms again Fall into those arms again And there you are always And there you are always

After all this time when I’m my most lost An anchor, eternally grounding me to navigate A darkness until a light so blinding burns through the fog It’s never in doubt

After all this time when the rain comes down An anchor, eternally grounding me to navigate What’s left behind, what lies ahead It can take the worst to find out

But there you are always But there you are always But there you are always But there you are always