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Tobias Hengeveld delivers thick, angular pop hooks, and melodic twists around stories told with wry candour. Following 2014’s acclaimed release The Daylight Express, Melbourne songwriter Tobias Hengeveld returns with the soulful, shuffling Separation Street; the latest single, lifted from his anticipated third album, Naughts & Ones. Due for release April 2019, Naughts & Ones is a triumphant mirror-maze of snappy pop tunes that throw into sharp relief, the remnant streaks of dark rock Hengeveld is better known for. Written slowly, the songs were reimagined at lightning-speed in collaboration with producer/drummer Rohan Sforcina (Four Hundred Acres/Oh Mercy/Dune Rats). The process breathed energy and the air of surprise into a sound that plumbs ever-deeper, Tobias’ formative experiences of music. The indelible melodies of childhood radio hits by the likes of XTC, Splits Enz, The Stranglers, Roxy Music and The Church were the situational influences that moulded his signature bent for

Tobias' songs weave a mist of isolation, drunken-delusion, yearning and ill-intent. Hengeveld unravels vignettes of other lives lived; calling through time to capture the mysteries of the everyday. This raw folk-narrative echoes the disarming intimacy of Richard Buckner, in concert with an edgy and cyclical acoustic guitar-style reminiscent of Bert Jansch. Sweet, melancholy and occasionally menacing melodies working deeper beneath your skin with each visit. Tobias Hengeveld’s understated and idiosyncratic approach to music and the song-form has resulted in a work of striking originality. Songwriter for Scout Hall and The Night Bell, Tobias Hengeveld has been lurking quietly amidst the Melbourne music scene for much of the past decade, performing both nationally and internationally. The release of All The Lines Are Down sees Hengeveld stepping from the shadow of these projects with a debut release of his own. Written during a period of turbulence and travel, All The Lines Are Down