June 7th 2010 - "John Fahey meets Sonic Youth" Thomas is finished with the Swedish mini tour, going through Gävle, Uppsala and Stockholm between 3-5 june. Great review in Gefle Dagblad writing "John Fahey meets Sonic Youth /.../ a long and hypnotic journey". http://gd.se/noje/musik/1.2078616-en-hypnotisk-fard-med-denver- (The Review in Swedish) And when Värmlands Folkblad is putting attention to Swedish tv-heroes Filip and Fredrik and their upcoming series situated in Grums (where Thomas grew up), Thomas is one of the questions in the news paper's "Grums-quiz". THE ARTICLE (also in Swedish) May 25th 2010 - 2010 guest apperance #2 - Goran Gora
Thomas features on the new cd "mystyrys yrs" by Latvian pop star Goran Gora, singing solo (!) on the aptly entitled song "Old friends". Thomas and Goran met back in 2005 and have toured together twice in Latvia, recorded a so-far unreleased xmas-duet and now Thomas appears on this album. THE ALBUM IS STREAMED IN ITS ENTIRETY on: http://orb.lv/blog/?category=0&item=102658 (scroll past the Latvian bio to come to the songs) The album will get it's proper release; digital and cd in June. Key tracks: "Distant Light", "Dance Away", "Old Friends (of course!). April 21st 2010 - Wicked birthday gifts from Tokyo
Just got a package with some amazing birthday gifts from my friend Mika Ueno. It's a keychain with me and Mika's cat Momo plus a mug displaying me (on the cover of the cd) and Mika's cat again. This really makes birthdays fun again. THANKS MIKA!! April 12th 2010 - 2010 guest apperance #1 - Mine to Keep
Thomas features on the debut album of Mine to Keep, Helena Sundström's solo project; he adds vocals to the song "Ice Ferns". Mine to Keep could be described as a blend between The Knife's eclectic electronics and France Gall's acoustic pop nerve. The album is due out on April 26th via the label IGhostMusic on cd and on spotify. Ice Ferns as well as other treats are already available for streamed listening over at MTK's myspace
... and kudos for the space given March 9th 2010 - Arctic Update Just a quick note to mention that the 4th forthcoming album ARCTIC is finished, and we will have some more info about it soon. My producer, Carl Edlom, gave me the final track order today which'll be 1) Willing Night Plants 2) Svalbard 3) Feline Funeral 4) Nansen 5) Deer Theatre 6) Expedition 7) Smile with your 1000 teeth 8) A Continent Lost 9) Peacock Color Song 10) Twin Sorrow 11) Arctic Fox Too Majestic For The Tundra 12) The Whale Hunt more soon, T. March 2nd 2010 - New show in Karlstad / Airplane Airtime After returning home from the micro-tour in Czech Republic and Karlstad (Sweden) we can now announce a new show in Karlstad, Apr 7th 2009 @ Koriander. This time together with good friends Spaceships Are Cool (UK). Thomas and SAC have performed together in Britain but this'll be the first time in Sweden. + songs of Thomas' will be heard on Luft Hansa's inflight radio show in May & June ++ new album ARCTIC is currently being mastered. more news about this soon. +++ Thomas features on the excellent debut album of Mine To Keep's debut album that is due to be released this spring. More info of this also tba.
++++ pictures and setlists of the February Czech-Swedish micro tour is up now January 20th 2010 - New Website The website has been polished; note that there's a music player top left loaded with some new and old stuff; a new paypal-enabled webshop is up and running too. Everything is not completely in shape yet, but soon. Welcome! January 19th 2010 - Song featuring in movie The song "Possession", from The Lake Acts Like an Ocean will appear in the new feature "Framtidens Melodi" ("Song of Tomorrow"); made by Jonas Bergergård and Jonas Holmström. The movie has it's première January 30th at Gothenburg Film Festival.
January 15th 2010 - Forthcoming Album Track The brand new song "Svalbard" is uploaded on the myspace-profile and on the music player above. This is the first sneakpeak from Thomas' forthcoming 4th solo album ARCTIC which is scheduled to be released later this year. This song is guested by Richard Neuberg of The Viarosa on Mandolin. OLD NEWS ARCHIVE HERE
