Country, Americana, Folk, Power Pop, Indie Pop
As previously mentioned, the Finnish psych/garage/pop heroes Kevin are back in the game and the new album is due out in 2012. The first single A Lonely Place came out in early november and Finn Andersson has now created a wonderful music video for the song.
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Kevin photo: Risto Vauras
Esa Linna is getting ready to release a debut single She’s Not A Human Being in the coming months and a debut album is scheduled to be released later in 2012. This is already great news as it is, because Esa is definitely capable of stitching together awesome pop tunes. However, there’s also one minor (well major) detail that adds a truckload of excitement on top of it all. Pop wizard Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Jellyfish etc) will play keys and sing harmonies on She’s Not A Human Being. That’s cooler than Alain Delon in Le Samourai.
Today was a good day. Early morning football and when I returned home, I found two new Heartjet songs. I injected them into my heart through headphones and instantly fell in love with them. The songs are entitled Grace and World and you can download them for free on their bandcamp. The new songs are bit less powerpoppin’ than the debut EP, but equally wonderful pop music. Just bit more serene and beautiful this time around. I hope they get the debut album out and available sometime next year. I’ve just loved them since the day the myspace request hit my inbox back in 2009 and the feeling is getting stronger every day.
Listen here. Download on their bandcamp:
I’ve been meaning to write about these new Finnish bands for a week or two, because I like them a lot and find them really promising. All the roads lead to Honkka and I have to thank him for liking these groups at Facebook. That’s how I found these.
ALEXANDER IN PARIS
Alexander in Paris from Raahe is a new Finnish folk rock group and there aren’t too many of those around. Their new EP is out and available and you can listen to the songs on their Soundcloud. Especially this song entitled Man VS. Kid is damn good. Definitely a band to keep an eye/ear/heart on.
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Alexander in Paris at Facebook
Alexander in Paris at Soundcloud
SWAYING WIRES
I knew I wanted to listen to Turku-based Swaying Wires after checking out their influence list. Songs: Ohia was the first on the list and I’m a big fan of all things Jason Molina and Axxxess & Ace is one of my all-time favourite albums. I can hear that influence occasionally, but that’s hardly a bad thing. Beautiful female vocals and captivating folk songs. That’s all I need. This song below is entitled Bluebird. You can listen to three other songs on their Soundcloud.
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Swaying Wires at Facebook
Swaying Wires at Blogspot
Swaying Wires at Soundcloud