Dollbaum has signed to Dear Life Records and has announced the Drive All Night EP, set for release September 26. Lead single "Angus Valley" arrives with a music video directed by Joshua Cannon.

Dollbaum’s debut Wellswood was released in 2022, drawing comparisons of Justin Vernon and Damien Jurardo (Popmatters) to Richard Buckner and Arthur Russell (AllMusic) for his “compelling lyricism drawing as much from the dark caricatures of Harry Crews and Denis Johnson as Springsteen’s realism” (Beats Per Minute). Shortly after its release, Dollbaum drove along the gulf from his adopted hometown of New Orleans back to his family in Tampa. There, he learned an old friend had passed unexpectedly. “We hadn’t been close in years, and finding out about his death sent me on a sort of journey through memories we had together,” reflects Dollbaum, “places we grew up in and how sometimes you don’t understand how or why relationships change over time.”

Dollbaum’s last album was 2022's Wellswood on Fat Possum / Big Legal Mess. His most recent release is December’s double single Do Me a Kindness / Fate of Flight.

Thomas Dollbaum on tour:
Sep 05 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Fest (Dear Life x Secretly Day Party)
Sep 06 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Fest (Sipsman's Record Fair)
Sep 29 Oxford, MS – house show
Sep 30 St. Louis – house show
Oct 01 Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel
Oct 02 Chicago, IL – GMan Tavern
Oct 03 Detroit, MI – PJs Lager House
Oct 04 Pittsburgh, PA – house show
Oct 05 Rochester, NY – Psychic Garden
Oct 07 Burlington, VT – Radio Bean*
Oct 08 Catskill, NY – Avalon Lounge*
Oct 09 Brooklyn, NY – Baby's All Right*
Oct 10 Philadelphia, PA – The 700*
Oct 11 Silver Springs, MD – Quarry House Tavern*
Oct 13 Raleigh, NC – Kings*
Oct 14 Asheville, NC – Static Age*
Oct 15 Nashville, TN – The Basement*
Oct 16 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
Oct 17 Chattanooga, TN – Cherry St Tavern*
Oct 18 Birmingham, AL – TrimTab Brewing*
Oct 23 New Orleans, LA – Saturn Bar*
* w/ Lily Seabird