Thank you @thomasazier for sharing such a powerful and personal story around Year In A Spiral. The show last week was so powerful and emotional. Go check him out on the rest of his tour!
Film by @seven_arne 🎥
Today I’m releasing 2 new tracks.
This is the most personal work I have made up to now; to play it now is as thrilling as it is terrifying.
In 2023, my wife was diagnosed with Lymphoma. We were deep into chemo trajectory, about a year after the birth of our son. During that time, I was navigating a collision of ongoing artistic work, being a father, illness and desire. This situation offered me an opportunity to look at life from a radical new angle. Community became a buoy that kept us afloat. From the empathic day care workers to kind nurses.
I began to see threads connecting my personal struggles to larger problems; or even societal and geo-political fractures.
Some of these ideas and experiences were too layered and complex to put into words. I didn’t know how to. But I imagined the music for it. This work began as a series of instrumental compositions. It was only when the dust settled that I was able to write down memories as short sentences, like quick brush strokes.
I found myself wondering if within the realm of love songs, could we sing about illness and desire. About sexuality and longing for someone who is very sick. The song Year In A Spiral became a litany, a reflection of life on the brink.
As the release approaches, I find myself dreading the impersonal nature of the streaming machines. At times, I’d rather keep these songs for myself, they almost feel too exposed. While I’m afraid, I also know this track was built on the idea of starting a conversation. In a world this fragile, I believe our greatest strength lies in our willingness to be vulnerable with one another.
Thomas
A special thank you to my close collaborators and the people I admire most: @ellen_treasure , @annelottecoster , @jofrancken , @adrienpallot , @maartenhogenhuis and the incredible @janos_mijnssen who arranged the strings for Twenty Twenty-Three
Strong memories from the @concertgebouw show in Amsterdam last Friday.
Tomorrow, I will be playing the last show of the year @dedoelenrotterdam
Will I see you next year?
TOUR DATES 2026
07.02 Boring Festival Haarlem (NL)
20.03 Birds of Paradise Festival Utrecht (NL)
08.04 Poppodium 013 Tilburg (NL)
09.04 Luxor Live Arnhem (NL)
10.04 ECI Cultuurfabriek Roermond (NL)
11.04 Vera Groningen (NL)
26.04 Jaki Köln (DE)
27.04 Nachtasyl Hamburg (DE)
28.04 Neue Zukunft Berlin (DE)
04.05 La Boule Noire Paris (FR) (on sale tomorrow)
07.05 PAARD Den Haag (NL)
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Dear Zürich and Basel,
Tomorrow i’m playing @helsinkiklub and @gannet.lv on Friday! @____xol____ is playing support and the great @janos_mijnssen will join us on stage #2celli.
Hope to see you there!
Thank you dear @faber_singt for the shout out ❤️🔥
Thomas Azier = Passport Approved and A&R Worldwide’s Artist of the Week.
Amsterdam, Holland-based Thomas Azier returns with “Year in A Spiral,” a haunting, deeply personal new single that opens the door to his most intimate body of work yet.
#ThomasAzier #YearinaSpiral #ArtistoftheWeek
Yesterday we played a beautiful club called Nachtasyl in Hamburg. Still buzzing.
Now on our way to Berlin… Neue Zukunft heute abend. Ich freue mich #heimat
Wrapping up four shows in the Netherlands. While rising costs and logistical hurdles make touring increasingly difficult for artists, independent venues that champion alternative culture remain the pulse of our community. The @veragroningen for example, is a place I’ve been visiting since I was sixteen. To see it filled with people and to perform on that stage was truly moving. Thank you to everyone who came.
We are now moving onward to Germany, Switzerland, and France.
I am pleased to announce that the Swiss artist @____xol____ will be joining us as the opening act for our shows in Germany and Switzerland. For our final stop in Paris, my wonderful friends, synthesist @adrienpallot and singer @camille_delvecchio will be opening the evening. Don’t miss it!
See you out there.
