FINNISH TRIO OCELOT SHARE HÄMÄRÄ
Photo: Sanna Lehto Helsinki art pop trio Ocelot, led by the distinctive vocals of composer and multi-instrumentalist Emilia Pennanen, have released their pensive piano and bass driven new single ‘Hämärä’ (“Twilight”). It’s a track where the title acts both as a metaphor for uncertainty and love unrequited with Pennanen’s contorted vocals tracing the edges of the […]
NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR NEW SILVER GIRL
Helsinki quartet New Silver Girl have followed up their sprawling debut single, ‘Phantom Ride’ with the proto-punk/motorik/psych rock inspired follow up ‘Starlight City’. It’s the second single from their forthcoming self titled debut album set for October on Soliti Records. Watch the video which sees frontman Olli Happonen star in what is in his own words […]
RECORD REVIEW: THE NEW TIGERS (FIN) – DO XAO
The transformative new album Do Xao by Turku retro pop futurists The New Tigers represents a significant change in direction for the band. It’s nine tracks were created in the wake of a critical decision made in the winter of 2016/17 after the mid year release of their 2016 EP Vindication. Sans drummer and hitherto […]
POLE SIBLINGS RELEASE EMOTIONAL NEW SINGLE
Pole Siblings, the synth pop project of Finnish sister/brother duo Sofia and Johan Stolpe have released the dramatic and emotion charged second single ‘How Low’ off their forthcoming EP Sköljer bort dig. It’s undoubted highlight is the spine tingling way Sofia’s affectingly fragile vocals haltingly enunciate the track’s title in the chorus. Listen below and […]
LAKE JONS RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
“Anywhere you want to go, we are family,” Lake Family, Lake Jons. Helsinki three piece psych-pop outfit Lake Jons released their impressive self titled debut album last month. It’s a diverse and organic twelve track affair that comes off the back of their twin EP’s from 2016, Explore and Explode. To write and record the […]
CATS OF TRANSNISTRIA RELEASE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO FROM UPCOMING RECORD, OPIUM
This is our final new music post for 2017. We couldn’t think of a better way to end the year than sharing this… Helsinki’s Cats Of Transnistria have ended 2017 with the release of an intoxicating new single, ‘Candy Man’ which will appear on their forthcoming album Opium set for release next year. After gifting […]
VERANDAN RELEASES DEBUT EP
Last week Finnish pop quintet Verandan, formed in 2015 around Cats On Fire guitarist Ville Hopponen, released their long awaited self titled debut EP. It’s a collection of six nuanced pop gems that delivers both depth and variance across style and decade. We gushed big time a few months back over its splendid first single, ‘Gold […]
CINA POLADA RELEASES 13th JULY
Finnish pop quartet Cina Polada have released the third single from their forthcoming self titled EP due out next week on Strangers Candy. Listen to the contemplative two speed ‘July 13th’ below. It follows up previously covered singles, ‘Nowhere‘ and ‘Gloom‘. Get the EP on cassette here. July 13th Cina Polada (FIN) From the […]
CINA POLADA UNLEASH NOWHERE
Last month Helsinki pop quintet Cina Polada impressed us immensely when they shared the first single, ‘Gloom’ from their forthcoming self titled EP. Now they’ve unleashed ‘Nowhere’, an infectiously upbeat and powerful dose of delay drenched melancholy. The EP is out September 29 on Strangers Candy. Get it here and listen to the new single […]
MAN DUO SHARE SECOND SINGLE FROM ORBIT
Helsinki electronic outfit Man Duo, the project of Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Long Sam are set to drop their new album Orbit this week and in the lead up share a new single to back up, ‘What If It Falls’, currently going strong in the Top 30. Canadian troubadour Sean Nicholas Savage lends his vocals […]