photo: Gustav Adbåge THE BOND BETWEEN THE SINGER AND THE DOCTOR Biography last updated Sep 4th 2011 Almost a year has passed since the release of I'm Kingfisher's (Thomas Jonsson) fourth solo album 'Arctic' (Playground Music) The album features a quirky blend of indie-pop and anti-folk and is not only a conceptual album on early polar expeditons, but also the first part of a planned album trilogy. The second part is currently being recorded and meanwhile doing that, Thomas is also keeping himself busy touring frequently around Europe. Since October 2010, he has played in among others Sweden, Denmark, Norway, England, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Latvia and Croatia, including tours as support act to among others Ed Harcourt, Damien Jurado and fellow Swede Christian Kjellvander. Thomas Jonsson has been a criticially acclaimed Swedish artist over the last decade but has more than ever taken a huge step forward towards a unique style with his 'Arctic' album, both regarding to the recordings and to his shows. Thomas has over the years developed a very ownminded and edgy guitar style, altering from very accurately rendered folk tunes to sadcore, folkpunk and droney pop. Many of the most appreciated songs from the album, like "Willing Night Plants", "Deer Theatre" and "Smile with your 1000 teeth", has furiously kept on progressing on stage. And the album has indeed been received very well, it was nominated to the Swedish indie music award Manifest and has got numerous very good reviews in European main media, comparing him to stuff like M Ward, Jason Molina, Cat Power and even Mogwai and Sigur Ros. 'Arctic', highly influenced by the expeditions of the Norwegian adventurer Dr. Fridjof Nansen, is intimately based around Thomas' voice and guitar. Still, in all its minimalism, it also features thick and lush arrangements signed by his musical sidekick and longtime producer Carl Edlom. The album also features guest appearances by among others Helena Arlock (Me and My Army), Keith Kenniff (Helios) and Richard Neuberg (Viarosa). Lyricwise, Thomas' deep dive into the far north endeavours is constantly being overlapped by his own references. It is exactly that resonance between the singer and the doctor that ties a bond where their both situations not rarely are being described at once. Like when dealing with an urge of emerging, a missing of what's been sacrificed or left behind, a fear of changes, while enduring some delirious sights and through sincere hopes for a calm closure. As mentioned above, the recordings of the next I'm Kingfisher album has already started. Although there's still a lot to do before the first results will go public and much is still to be announced, one intention along making his best album to date, is to learn from his past experiences. That's why the second part of the Kingfisher trilogy is expected, when it's released 2012, to partly display the uncluttered warmth of 'Hope to Her' (2003), the thick density of 'Barely Touching It' (2005), the soothing diversity of 'The Lake Acts Like an Ocean' (2007) and the multi-layered complexity of 'Arctic' (2010). Thomas has several hundreds of shows in 20 countries behind him, including SXSW Festival in Austin (US), Södra Teatern in Stockholm (S), Paradiso in Amsterdam (NL) and seven UK tours. In 2008, he was mentioned in the British newspaper the Times as one of six acts to have taken the Swedish pop scene onward since ABBA and he has collaborated on record with musical luminairies such as Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Ned Oldham, Jennie Stearns (founding member of Donna The Buffalo), Ella Blixt (It's a musical) and Elina Johansson (Dear Euphoria). He is also one half of the indietronica/drone-duo A Perfect Friend together with C-J Larsgården. They are currently working on their third album. CONTACT info[a]thomasdenver.com +46 739 24 97 46 http://www.imkingfisher.com http://www.myspace.com/thomasdenverjonsson http://www.facebook.com/imkingfisher PRESS QUOTES ARCTIC (2010) - PRESS QUOTES AND FULL REVIEWS THE LAKE ACTS LIKE AN OCEAN (2007) - UK/US REVIEWS IN FULL DISCOGRAPHY 2010 - I'm Kingfisher - Arctic (Playground PGMLCD118) cd 2007 - Thomas Denver Jonsson - The Lake Acts Like an Ocean (Kite 2000) cd 2005 - Thomas Denver Jonsson - Barely touching it (Kite 1080) cd 2004 - Thomas Denver Jonsson - First in line EP (Kite 1050) cdep 2003 - Thomas Denver Jonsson - Hope to her (Kite 1040) cd 2003 - Thomas Denver Jonsson - Then I kissed her softly (Kite 1010) 7" APPEARS ON: (selection) 2009 - v/a - Via The Great Unknown - a tribute to Townes Van Zandt (forthesakeofthesong) 2009 - A Perfect Friend - Timber and Modern Ways (Knoppar) 2007 - A Perfect Friend - s/t (STILLL) 2007 - v/a - The World Turns All Around Him (Groover)
