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First in Line EP
Thomas Denver Jonsson

Label: Kite Recordings

Available: Now

Rating: 

Reviewer: Carl Anders




Overlook Thomas Denver Jonsson at your peril. Scandinavia may not be your first choice of
regions for classic folk music, but in recent times it has given us the likes of Nicolai 
Dunger and now Thomas Denver. It shouldn’t really come as any surprise considering that most 
of the rich historical folk tales we have originate in Scandinavia, that when a musician 
comes through they are actually very good. 


"First Line" is a taster for the official UK release of the very highly rated "Hope to Her" 
album. Although it gives us a couple of new tracks, First Line itself is taken from the 
album (two versions on the EP including a fantastic duet version with Rosie Thomas), and the 
Will Oldamesque 24 Seven.


Out of the five songs the album tracks are definitely the stronger, as would be expected, 
but the songs contain that sparseness and bleakness that marries so well with folk and 
altcountry music, but with that unexpected twist in sound and lyrics that seem to hail to 
the type of folk Will Oldham has tried to give us.