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Suomen Zorro & Elämän paineet – 6 syliä

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I bought Oletko Terve? EP By Suomen Zorro & Elämän paineet when it came out in 2012 and I had rather mixed feelings. It had some songs that I loved, but also a couple that I didn’t even like. But because the good stuff was so damn good, I’ve been looking forward to hearing some new material from the band. The wait is at least partly over, because Suomen Zorro & Elämän paineet just released a new single and a new music video 6 syliä. I’m liking this a lot and it definitely falls closer to (or into) that love category.

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Suomen Zorro & Elämän paineet at Facebook

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The Wonderminers – These Fell Off The Shelf

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It’s kind of a crime that I haven’t written more about this one. Ok, I took a month off from blogging, but there are no good excuses. I started onechord.net, because of releases like this. This is Finnish pop music of the highest order. The Wonderminers released their debut album These Fell Off The Shelf in mid-January and it’s full of warm, harmonic and beautiful pop music. Monstrously highly recommended. This is Steve and the Silents.

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The Pinecones – Ooh!

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Time to start focusing on 2014 favorites. One of my recent favourites has been Ooh! by The Pinecones. I think this came out originally in 2013, but Reel Cod Records will release the physical LP in February 2014. I got into Brent Randall & His Pinecones several years ago through The Heavy Blinkers, but I had lost touch during the recent times. If I remember correctly the earlier band made pretty amazing orchestral pop music. Things haven’t really changed quality-wise, but the style is a little different. Brent Randall, Paul Linklater and Marshall Bureau aka The Pinecones have made a great power pop album. Sometimes it’s sweet and harmonic, sometimes it’s closer to Shazam-like rockin’ power pop. It’s nothing that will change the world, but it makes staying on it a whole lot of fun. This is That’s The Way I Wanna Do It.

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Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures – Orange Juice

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It’s February and it’s time to start again. The small break is over and the goal is to remain fairly active for the rest of the year and make this 13th year of onechord.net the best one so far. No promises though, because this is just a hobby (even though a very dear one) and I never really know how much time I have for this.

To get this started, I thought I shared a song that makes me really happy. I don’t know how Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures did it, but they’ve turned the most depressive words in the verse into a fabulous celebration of life. One of the few things I’m extremely good at is letting some really minor thing that shouldn’t have any relevance towards my happiness bring me down. These things shouldn’t matter at all, because I have you, orange juice and this damn joyous anthem. Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures 7″ single Orange Juice came out on Fika Recordings in January 2014 (the b-side is also gorgeous)

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5X3QJZ1y9A]

Fika Recordings Website

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