While a certain youthful timidity emanates from the remarkable Tom Odell, it is tempered by a sense of self-awareness that amply belies his mere 23 years on this planet. This captivating blend of idealism (he wants the music to speak for itself, ideally releasing one album a year) and self-awareness (he seems to live happily in his own musical universe) becomes somewhat incendiary when paired with music as beautifully composed as that of his forthcoming debut album. For, while the art of composition often seems to be an outdated topic of discussion, for this young dissenter from Chichester, Sussex, the song means everything. Having written his own works since the age of 13, it was later, when he went to Brighton, that his immersion in the scene took off: he was simply comfortable walking into pubs and clubs to ask to play on the spot. However, it took a move to London and an advertisement at Goldsmiths College to finally spur the teenage singer-songwriter into action. When he surrounded himself with a band, his songs exuded such energy that by his fourth London gig, he had signed contracts with a management company, a publishing label, and then a record label. Such an acceleration of fortune depended on the strength of the then burgeoning songs, most of which appear on Tom Odell's debut album. In the UK, his album went straight to the top of the charts, and the success story is confirmed every day with over 250,000 copies sold and an album still in the top 10 bestsellers 6 months after its release. It's France's turn to enter the Odellmania!
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