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Too Close To Home is a stunning collection of songs that echoes that of 70’s Dylan in its attention to lyrical detail and sonically pervades a road somewhere between country folk and acoustic driven rock. Thomas is a wordsmith, pure and simple, a conjurer of tales that reference all manner of things – literature, mythology, and religion. Driven along by his top class Swedish band Thomas underlines here what many of us already knew. He is one of the finest young talents out there and surely on a journey to the stars.

 It is five years since Thomas left the southern Swedish archipelagos to make his name on the London live circuit. He quickly found his feet; and his sound: An astonishing, explosive brand of Americana, delivered through supersonic guitar picking offsetting moody baritone vocals, like a cross between Robert Johnson and Warren Zevon.

 Folke Thomas’s live ability has attracted a dedicated fanbase and rave reviews, including Q Magazine (“stunning playing… his finger-picking is the best you will ever hear”) and The Guardian (“stands out like Oliver Reed at an AA meeting”). In an attempt to capture his talent on record, cult-label Bucketfull Of Brains released the eponymously titled EP in 2010, described by the Sunday Times as “a convincing called card…reminiscent of Greenwich Village circa 1965.”



Zweden
Folk
Label: Bucketfull Of Brains 


1. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Someday (5:22)
2. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Love Somebody (3:52)
3. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Blues for You (4:10)
4. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Extend No Greeting (3:12)
5. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Bye Bye Baby (Bye Bye) (4:54)
6. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Let Her Down (4:52)
7. Benjamin Folke Thomas - OK Blues (2:59)
8. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Fire (2:30)
9. Benjamin Folke Thomas - I'm Alive (3:19)
10. Benjamin Folke Thomas - One More Ride (3:08)
11. Benjamin Folke Thomas - Postcard from Cazal (3:07)