Abandoned Pools may well be the ideal way to describe Tommy Walter s escape from a seemingly idyllic upbringing in the affluent L.A. community of Westlake Village. He might have ruined his life, to paraphrase one of his song titles, but Walter has most definitely spurned a predestined future of the perfect family, a manicured backyard, a two-car garage and the pacifying comforts of the TV in the living room for something far less certain.
     
      On his Extasy Records International debut, Humanistic, Walter takes matters into his own hands, casting a knowing eye on society s hypocrisies and deceits with a musical palette that combines some of his own unique influences. His first musical obsession was the Star Wars soundtrack (his publishing company is Boba Fettish Music). He also had a childhood fascination with Prince, and later on, an admiration for 80s U.K. new wave bands, indie-guitar rock and cutting-edge, sample-based electronic music.
     
      I wanted the listener not to know what s coming next, he says. So that just when you think it s going in one direction, it ... (More ABANDONED POOLS Biography)