Carus and The True Believers

ver come back from travelling to find yourself just travelling some more? That's a just how things seem to be going for Fremantle-born 26 year-old singer-songwriter Carus Thompson.

From the time when he began writing and performing his own songs at the age of twelve-having now penned over 300 tunes - Carus has lived in Perth, the Aboriginal community of Peppimenarti, Darwin, and Melbourne, all the while criss-crossing the country in an annual migration.

Since the age of 18 Carus has made his living from music, playing upwards of four nights a week in the Perth pub circuit, quickly building a name teaming up with acts like Mick Thomas, Ed Kuepper, Tiddas and Neil Murray. From the four years growing up in the Aboriginal community of Peppimenarti Carus formed a bond with the region and frequently toured the North-West and Top End. At the Kimberley Moon Rise Rock festival in 2003, apart from delivering his own highly anticipated set, Carus was running music and songwriting workshops for aboriginal children of the local surrounding communities as well as jamming with other performers on stage throughout the weekend. An experience that was later put into song on the track 'Moonrise' (Song's From Martin St - CAR004, 2003) and which also features a blistering solo from John Butler.

In 2002 Carus headed east to where he now resides, Melbourne. On the back of two EPs he continued with extensive national touring with the likes of Jack Johnson, The John Butler Trio and The Waifs plus his own headlining tours. Carus then began recording his debut album, "Song's From Martin St" named after the street in which the Melbourne recording studio is located.

Following the release of 2003's extremely successful double live album (Acoustic at the Norfolk, CAR005), Carus continued his upward trajectory in 2004 by recording an album, Long Nights Are Gone (CAR006) with his band the True Believers. The single from this album, Ain't No Crime, topped Triple J radio's Net 50 program three weeks running. His latest release, The Breakdown EP (2005, CAR007) is presently receiving regular airplay on JJJ around the nation.

A long time building, the swell around Carus and his music is ready to break. With a passport that now looks like a lost package shuffled from one post-office to the next, covered in stamps from around the globe, Carus is an independent act making people listen up, take notice and come back for more.

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