The band features an unconventional mix of electric and acoustic instruments, including violin, banjo, accordion, trumpet, double bass, electric guitars and drums, and have elicited comparisons to acts ranging from The Clash, Tom Waits and The Pogues to The Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene.

The band recorded their debut album, You Will Land With a Thud, with producers Gordon Gano (singer-guitarist with the Violent Femmes) and Warren Bruleigh.

It was mixed by Phil Palazzola and mastered by Howie Weinberg and released January 29, 2008, on Company House Records (EMI Music Canada).

[6] In September 2012, Tom Fun announced their second full-length album, titled Earthworm Heart, via a cryptic message on their website.

[8] Produced and mixed by Jamie Foulds with Albert Lionais, the 14 tracks signalled a departure from the Celtic sound of You Will Land With a Thud, and saw the band take a much more stripped down, rock-oriented approach.