electronic press kit
To hear Tom Sless play is to remember who we are. From Memphis to Atlantic City, Americans are all descendants of dive bar balladeers painting portraits of joy and pain in blush pinks and deep blues. Tom’s resplendent rock and roll album Heartland Ballerina, gives voice to the people, overlooked and underestimated — twirling, arms raised in rapture — just outside the limelight.
No stranger to the shadow of the coastal elite, Tom found himself in Los Angeles dying a slow death as a small piece in a corporate conglomerate. Until one day, he rose before dawn, unable to stomach the circling vultures, and made his escape on the Sierra Highway.