Tobin Mueller perceives music in different dimensions. As a polymath that enjoys the best of art, he has made sure symphonies find a place in his life that transcend anything you would have experienced. Each track is a tale, through space and time. If from the past, he paints you a visual that will take you there. His latest single is from his album A Bit of Light-full of some incredible, transitionary music. This one is called Before There Were Gods.
From the ominous opening of the song, you’re hooked. For the percussion will come and take you to a geographical slice of land that you might have never been. The strings come in, bringing the theme, while Tobin Mueller allows the space before he starts singing. As a talented writer and musician, he is able to achieve an articulation and depth that make you focus deeply. Like an opera singer, he accents notes with powerful vibrato.
As you listen to the lyrics, the music unfolds as the surrounding background. You move with ambient pieces bringing the theme to life. Tobin Mueller writes with incredible layers and tinges of colour. Whether it be instrumentals, lyrical prowess or his thematic dissolutions into the topic-this singer-songwriter makes a tune unfold like a story.
A Bit of Light has 18 songs that accent and bring Tobin’s enigmatic style to the forefront. It is amazing to see an individual with such profound creativity sharing his world with us, to live and hear events transpire. Listen to his single here: