Tors (band)

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Tors
Background information
Origin Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels Glassnote Records
MembersMatt Weedon (lead vocals, guitar)

Theo Weedon (guitar, backing vocals)

Jack Bowden (drums, piano, banjo, backing vocals)
Past membersAndy Humphries
Sam Pritchard
Website tors.band
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Likes11.7 million

Last updated: September 29, 2025
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Tors performing at Higher Eggbeer Farm, Devon

Tors are a three-piece indie folk band from Devon, United Kingdom, composed of brothers Matt and Theo Weedon, and Jack Bowden. They have released 4 EPs.

Contents

The band took their name from tors, a type of rock formation commonly found in Dartmoor National Park, after moving to Devon from Guildford. [1]

Career

The band was founded in 2016 in Guildford, Surrey by brothers Theo and Matt Weedon, grandsons of influential guitarist Bert Weedon, and Jack Bowden, a drummer whom the brothers recruited via an advert on Gumtree. [2] Their father would play records of The Beatles, Nick Drake, 10cc, Simon & Garfunkel. [2]

The band gained recognition after a song they wrote was featured in a advertising campaign by Jack Wills. [2]

The band played The Great Escape Festival in 2018. [3]

In July 2023, the band signed a recording contract with Glassnote Records. [4]

In June 2023, their single "Amsterdam" became BBC Radio One Introducing Track of the Week.

The band played Glastonbury Festival 2024. [5]

The band released the EP Never Give Up in 2025.

Artistry and influences

The brothers focus on harmonies and cite The Eagles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the Everly Brothers as favorite band. [2] They also cite Oasis, Doves, and B. B. King as influences. [2]

Tours

Headlining

Opening act

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Wilder Days
Wilder Days (Acoustic)
  • Released: 13 July 2018
  • Label: Lucky 7 Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Anything Can Happen
  • Released: 20 January 2023
  • Label: This Fiction
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Anything Can Happen (Alt Versions)
  • Released: 8 March 2023
  • Label: This Fiction
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Miracle
  • Released: 26 April 2024
  • Label: Glassnote Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Never Give Up
  • Released: 28 February 2025
  • Label: Glassnote Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Hold Me"2016Non-album singles
"Now We Fall"2017
"Merry Go Round
"Seventeen"
"Wilder Days (Acoustic)"2018
"Don't Cry"
"Don't Cry (Acoustic)"2019
"Something I Said"
"Something I Said (Acoustic)"
"Empty Hands"
"Empty Hands (Acoustic)"
"The Way That It Goes"2020
"Look at Us"
"Broken Bones"
"Sorry"
"All My Friends"
"Love Me Back"
"Don't Be Afraid"
"Love You Again"
"How It Hurts"
"Garden On The Kitchen Floor"2022
"Lonely"
"I Don't Miss You (Except For When I Do)" (feat. Lily Williams)
"Amsterdam"2023
"Miracle"
"Miracle (Piano Version)"
"Tell You"
"Happy Enough"2024
"Happy Enough (Acoustic)"
"Only For You"
"Only For You (A Capella)"
"If It Takes All Night"
"Never Give Up"
"Never Give Up (Acoustic)"
"Dying Stars"
"Scared"2025
"I Don't Wanna Know" [9]
TitleYearAlbum
"Better With You"
(Müne featuring Tors)
2020Non-album single

References

  1. Long, Jen (6 January 2023). "On The Rise: Tors". The Line of Best Fit .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Artists You Should Know: Tors". Gibson . September 11, 2024.
  3. "100 new names added to The Great Escape 2018 line-up". NME .
  4. 1 2 Paine, Andre (5 July 2023). "Glassnote Records signs indie-pop trio Tors". Music Week .
  5. "Glastonbury 2024: check out the stage times and full line-up". NME . June 24, 2024.
  6. "TORS - Radio Promotion & Music Consulting". RL Promotion.
  7. Metzler, Sean (April 28, 2025). "Tors Shines Opening for Myles Smith, Announces Return to Philly". Rockview Live.
  8. "Indie Power Players 2025 List Revealed". Billboard .
  9. Tors - I Don't Wanna Know. March 5, 2025 via YouTube.