Described by Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales) as a "peripatetic musical genius", Tom Emlyn crafts honest, swirling songs. Tall tales laced with dark jokes and words that cut straight to the bone.

His current solo work maps an alternative Southwalian landscape, a hallucinated community drawn from psychogeography built on local history. Anthropological observations shaping poetic lyrics and simple 60s-folk influenced melodies that explore what it means to belong to a place.

Bitterness, love, and humour peep through the cracks of this multi-layered, ethereal music. In the particular is contained the universal; Tom Emlyn's captivating songs explore the particular peculiarity of human experience in a self-produced exploration of the world. Whilst being rooted in indie/garage rock, Tom’s music is prolifically wide-ranging. His work delves into psychedelia, folk, jazz, blues, poetry, and ambient music. His distinctive style is characterised by soulful harmonica, lyrical guitar, and verbal dexterity, all brought together by a warm, lo-fi production style.

For his sixth album, Passing Craze Tom has joined forces with Welsh label Dirty Carrot Records and with this will come Tom's first album release on vinyl. Support and plays from Huw Stephens, Danielle Perry (Absolute Radio) and Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio Wales) have recognised the strength of what is Tom's strongest collection of songs yet.

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