Daniel Tompkins announces debut solo album ‘Castles’

Daniel Tompkins has announced his solo album!

Titled Castles, the upcoming album from the TESSERACT and WHITE MOTH BLACK BUTTERFLY vocalist, is his debut solo album and is scheduled to be released in May this year.

The upcoming solo album was written & engineered by Tompkins alongside US producer Eddie Head and recorded at both the UK’s Celestial Sound Studio (Vocals) & The Color And The Sound Studios (Music) in the US, with mastering by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds. The 13 track album features six alternative versions, which feature special guests Acle Kahney (TESSERACT), Grammy-nominated Randy Slaugh (PERIPHERY, ARCHITECTS, Devin Townsend), Paul Ortiz (ZETA, CHIMPSPANNER) and producer Dmitry Stepanov.

Within Castles, the listener will explore an album inspired by the arc of relationships – tragic mistakes, misjudgements of character and victorious, passionate love. Daniel Tompkins expands on this theme “everyone has experiences that are relatable to one another in their romantic relationships. We make huge investments of trust and care and commitment into one another and sometimes they simply fail. In fact, most fail. That said, some survive, thrive and create incredible lifelong partnerships or at least important, long lasting love. But sometimes, we make massive misjudgements of character and the true nature of someone is always revealed over time. Sometimes tragic mistakes, physical or mental abuse, compulsion or addiction are an issue and create irreparable harm to relationships and lives, no matter how in love two people may be. This is the area where the most tragic outcomes occur. The album is somewhat cathartic lyrically but in other areas it explores amazing, victorious, passionate love. A lot of this story is told from the perspective of someone seeking that perfect partnership and the ultimate fulfilment of finding it.”

Alongside the announcement of the new solo album, Tompkins has released the first taster from the album. A music video for the track Saved. The track features Acle Kahney (TESSERACT) and was directed by Blacktide Productions.

Watch the official music video for Saved here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album, both of which are available to view below:

Track List: 

1. Saved
2. Black The Sun
3. Castles
4. Kiss
5. Limitless
6. Cinders
7. Telegraph
8. Black The Sun (Head Rework)
9. Limitless (feat. Dmitry Stepanov)
10. Kiss (feat. Randy Slaugh)
11. Saved (feat. Acle Kahney)
12. Saved (feat. Paul Ortiz)
13. Saved (feat. Randy Slaugh)

Castles is set for release on May 31st via Kscope. 

For more information on Daniel Tompkins like his official page on Facebook.