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Listening to "Laulu laakson kukista", it's easy to hear where everyone gets the "freak" and "psych" to prefix Paavoharju's inscrutable blend of folk. It's hardly consistent—perhaps one of the reasons that they remain on the folk margins is their uneven, genre-hopping approach to LPs, where they give almost as much time to circus music larceny as they do to their fuzz-folk-meets-trip hop explorations.
The appearance of waltz time is perhaps the only thematic glue that binds the disparate ends on "Kukista". These waltzes work better when they rummage around in a fog of electronica, while darkly angelic female vocalists swarm as sirens around come-and-go drums. Attempts at a more straightforward approach like "Italialaisella laivalla" mostly fail to impress -- the melodies too woodsy, their signature ethereal errata too lacking.
It's beat-driven songs like "Uskallan" with its broad, almost proto-Slavic melody that get the job done when neither the siren's song or the sea of low-tech ambience can be found. These latter qualities, prominent in "Kevatrumpu", "Kirkonvaki", and "Tytto tanssii" are starkly beautiful highlights -- better than anything I've heard all year -- but Paavoharju has trouble finding enough "Uskallan" moments to lift the rest of the album out of the water.
I guess Paavoharju is just hard to understand. Maybe it's the fact that I don't know a word of finnish, or maybe it's the fact that their self-proclaimed mystic Christian asceticism is supposed to inspire visions of 16th-century Byzantium that I just don't get. But all of this confusion never subtracts from the weird beauty of most of this album. It remains impressive and stunning, and its arcane nature rewards with repeat listens.
- Nathan Keegan
finnish doom act Callisto is back in the studio with Jonas Olsson working on their third album.
"Reader's companion" alums Fun have posted their European tour diary from May: https://www.noisecorewalze.com/popup_index.php?text&text=euro_tour_2008
Expect the usual finnish debauchery and maybe a few surprises?
Aversionline on the new album "My soul for his glory" from finnish black-metal act Behexen: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/23/behexen-my-soul-for-his-glory-cd/
finnish thrash act Where Victims Lie have created themselves a curious new website: https://www.wherevictimslie.com/
Not quite as inventive as Cadaver Inc's infamous site I'd say, but certainly with potential.
finnish artists Ismo Alanko Teholla and Jonna Tervomaa have a new duet together called "2x1=1" which will be officially released on July 30 via Fullsteam Records as an MCD. Other tracks on said CD include two previously unreleased songs from Ismo as well as the "album version" of the title track and a live version of "Puupää". Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ismoalanko
Musique Machine on the new release from finnish act Candy Cane: https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1852
Also covered: Mattias Petersson's album "Floodlight" on iDEAL Recordings: https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1856
finnish hardcore act Hero Dishonest is heading to Germany for a few dates next week plus a Czech fest gig:
07/23 - Stumpf, Hannover (GER)
07/24 - Zorro, Leipzig (GER)
07/25 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
07/26 - Fluff Fest, Piesen (CZ)
finnish gothpop plague The Rasmus will release their new single "Livin' in a world without you" on September 12 as both a 2-track single and 4-track MCD. Oh, and the track was co-written with 80s rock also-ran Desmond Child, so you know it'll be something special. Look for the band's new full-length album "Black roses" to follow on September 26.
finnish indiepop act Goodnight Monsters will have their album "Summer challenge" released in the UK on August 1 and in Japan on August 9.
More finnish weirdness for you today courtesy of CMX, a long-running act that rose out of the mid-80s hardcore scene. But don't go into this expected the usual fast/harsh punk because they quickly abandoned that approach and started to incorporate more mainstream rock and progressive influences into their sound. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is pretty much all I know. According to Wikipedia the band is fairly renown at home, which makes sense considering how much they remind me of Kent at times. It's that big, melancholy rock sound, though in CMX's case, it's filtered through that odd Suomi sensibility that touches so much of their music. This particular song is a gem simply because it manages to match classic finnish tango with pop, prog and hardrock. It's that kind of eclecticism that makes Scandinavian music so great! It's the old being made new again, the past and present coming together. And yet, still the past -- this came out in 1994, after all -- but it doesn't sound dated to me. Weird for weirdness sake almost never works; these guys make it sound natural.
CMX - Nainen tanssii tangoa
Kaneel is a prime example of finnish weirdness ala Magyar Posse, the Fonal label, et al. At least on this track -- the rest of the material doesn't come close. Anyhow, it's got all the proper ingredients such as folk melodies, an other-worldly voice, odd instrumentation, an unsettling vibe and so on. If I heard this out of context, I'm sure I'd correctly guess the country of origin. I especially love the Eastern Bloc-style backing vocals on this one; that's what gives it that extra ooph. I could actually do without the squeaky androgynous vox, but they work fine, it's just that I'm feeling like the technique is overused. I much prefer the deadpan droll of the chorus, that's a far better match for the mood of the song. Regardless, it's a great piece of music from a virtually unknown act and I'm happy to make their music available for others to hear.
Kaneel - Born again
Paavoharju