Reliant Tom, is an avant-pop and experimental performance art duo from the New York state area. Formed shortly after composer Monte Weber met choreographer and vocalist Claire Cuny at a DIY show in Brooklyn in 2015, the duo pairs music with their unique talents of sound design, wearable technology, modern dance, and non-genre specific songwriting.The music focuses on the themes of pitfalls in digital communication and the general blasé nature of modern social interaction - all through the guise of avant-pop/avant-punk influenced musical devices.
The band's instrumentation is generally comprised of electric guitar, voice, a hybrid electro-acoustic drum kit, synthesizers, as well as elements of Monte's Kontrol Instrument. Reliant Tom is Monte Weber and Claire Cuny.