Major news alert! Stop the pop press. A new Daisy album Ornament & Crime will be released on the 26th of May by Karhuvaltio Records. It’s been a while since 2009’s Daydream, but oh my, they certainly haven’t lost their ability to create wonderful pop songs during their long hiatus. I’m just listening to the album for the first time, because it found its way to Spotify a day early and I probably have never been this excited about the band. Super good pop record and I can’t wait to spend the summer under the melodic guidance of this new Daisy album. Here are the magnificent singles Little Love and Haven’t Always Been This Way to get things started.

Bone Moon released their debut EP The Writer on the 3rd of March. They are a new band from Tampere led by ex-Ochre Room frontman Lauri Myllymäki. I had extremely high hopes for this one, because I absolutely loved Ochre Room. They put out a couple of albums that contained some of the finest Finnish folk rock / americana released in recent years. It was sad to see them call it a day, but thankfully Bone Moon is at least equally wonderful. Sure I miss the male-female harmonies a little bit, but the new band is very convincing and Lauri is continuously getting stronger and stronger as a songwriter. The Writer is an absolute beauty of an EP and a perfect start for this new group. The release party will be held at Telakka, Tampere on the 10th of March (with Laura Moisio). Here’s the music video for the title track. Directed by Sami Pöyry.

Bone Moon at Facebook

Painikerho will be releasing their debut EP Lovelle lasken lauluni on the 10th of February. They are a Turku-based indie rock trio whose music video Mä voisin pilata sun koko elämän started to gather a lot of attention a week or two ago. I was at work at the time and couldn’t wait to get back home and hit play, because based on what my friends said I was pretty sure I was going to love it. This was indeed the case. Mä voisin pilata sun koko elämän is a superb pop song. It’s melodic, catchy-as-hell and has a lot of cool harmonies. A whole lot of fun. Monstrously highly recommended.

Their EP will be released by Karhuvaltio Records this Friday. I haven’t heard the whole thing yet, so I have no idea is the rest of it equally amazing. The expectations sure are high after this first outtake

Painikerho Website