MP3: Mana Mana - Mikä on sun taivas?
It's Thursday and I'm in NYC at this thing so your regularly scheduled news update has been preempted. No new video post either; deal with it. But! I do have an extra special guestpost from Teemu of Lupatarkastaja:
Today it would've been 15 years exactly from Mana Mana's singer/songwriter Jouni Mömmö's death. He died from a drug overdose at the age of 36 after years suffering from schizophrenia and depression. Mana Mana is a legendary Finnish band that has been cited as an influence by many later-day acts, mostly from music styles that require a certain dose of depression and anxiety.
Mömmö's earthly problems can be heard through his work in Mana Mana. The original line-up recorded only one full-length album in 1990. The track presented today, "Mikä on sun taivas?" (Finnish for "What is your heaven?"), is a typical Mana Mana track, with many guitar tracks provided by Otra Romppanen (Psychoplasma, Enter) and an overall dark feeling created by Mömmö's vocals. Finnish lyrics play a huge role, but still, I believe the atmosphere is universal.
Mana Mana - Mikä on sun taivas?