Robert Gomez (born November 11, 1975) is a musician from

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Career

After his first self-released album in 2005, ''Etherville'', he was then signed to the British Label

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and released the album ''Brand New Towns'' in 2007. ''Brand New Towns'' was relatively well received in the British press, such as ''The Guardian'', ''The Sunday Times'', and ''The Independent''. Andy Gill of ''The Independent'' gave the album 5 out of 5 stars calling it "the first truly great album of the year".

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featured Gomez in an in-studio performance on "World Cafe" with David Dye in 2007. In a

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article in which they "polled experts across the U.S. to unearth the best unexpected local music scenes", Gomez was listed along with

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, and the

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as being noteworthy. Gomez' third record, "Pine Sticks and Phosphorus", was released in 2009 on the Denton-based label Nova Posta Vinyl. Currently, he is recording an album entitled ''Severance Songs'' based on the book ''Severance'' by Pulitzer Prize winner author

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. In addition to performing as a solo artist, Gomez also performs with artists such as

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, John Grant, and Anna Lynne Williams.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Robert Musicians from Texas 1975 births Living people Bella Union artists