Goodnight Monsters
Summer challenge
Bone Voyage
If you're into such bands as The Ladybug Transistor, Essex Green and The Lucksmiths, Finland's Goodnight Monsters could well be worth investigating. Their first album came out in late 2005 and it was quite decent, with a handful of memorable tunes on it. "Summer challenge" is a more professional album that feels like a real follow-up and improvement from their previous offering (unlike a lot of second albums). The songs can come across a bit cheesy now and then, and Goodnight Monsters don't really manage to carry off their happy go lucky twee schtick for 13 songs, but it's an enjoyable album and by listening to it in the freezing cold outside, I can go back to one of those teenage delusions and pretend I'm walking down some Californian beach, eating a corn dog and drinking a cherry Coke (smiling, not retching!).
- Simon Tagestam
