Thomas Robert "Tom" Filepp, better known by his stage name Cars & Trains, is an American multi-instrumentalist from

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, and the founder of indie label Circle Into Square Records.

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described him as "an excellent songwriter if anything else".

Career

Cars & Trains' first album, ''Rusty String'', was released on his own label Circle Into Square in 2007. His second album, ''The Roots, the Leaves'', was released on

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in 2010. He released the third album, ''We Are All Fire'', in early 2012. ''We Are All Storms'', a companion EP to the album, was released later that year.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Rusty String'' (2008) * ''The Roots, the Leaves'' (2010) * ''We Are All Fire'' (2012) * ''Dust'' (2015) * ''Fictions'' (due 2017)

Compilation albums

* ''Consumer Confidence Vol. 1'' (2006) * ''Consumer Confidence Vol. 2'' (2007)

Remix albums

* ''The Roots, the Remix'' (2010)

Live albums

* ''Live on KBOO'' (2010)

EPs

* ''2AM'' (2006) * ''Little Song'' (2008) * ''We Are All Storms'' (2012)

Singles

* "The Sun Always Sets" b/w "The Leaves" (2010)

Guest appearances

* Factor – "Every Morning" from '' Lawson Graham'' (2010) * Sole – "My Veganism" from '' No Wising Up No Settling Down'' (2013)

Productions

* Noah23 – "Nuts" from ''

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'' (2011)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cars and Trains American multi-instrumentalists Musicians from Portland, Oregon Living people Year of birth missing (living people)