Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista

Laulu Laakson Kukista

Paavoharju

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Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista

Sounds of raindrops falling on sheet metal roof melted together with old television's random-dot-pattern-noise. Leena Uotila's soft voice echoed in empty, dusty rooms. Catowls gathered to the sky, appletrees were blooming and waves rocked a barrell against the pier. Suddenly all this started to form esoteric mildew to cassette's magnetic tape. I finished our work with prayer only a moment before the cold winds rose from Saimaa.

Laulu laakson kukista (A song about flowers of the valley) is dedicated to Marja Ainala.

- M.Jamson

Reviews

The tiny honking synths that augment the rusty guitars of "Tyttö Tanssii" suggest a more literal reading of the Bicycle metaphor from above: a hill of two-wheelers, disheveled rubber, tassels, and bells. Laulu connotes this youth, motion, and playfulness in various states of repair and construction, and it does so by alternating well-formed, multi-faced pop songs with abstract head-scratchers, each component as warmly evocative and strangely necessary as the last.

Pitchfork - Rating: 8.3

Tracklisting

Download Album (FR-55DD)
  1. Paavoharju - Pimeänkarkelo
  2. Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu
  3. Paavoharju - Tuoksu tarttuu meihin
  4. Paavoharju - Italialaisella laivalla
  5. Paavoharju - Alania
  6. Paavoharju - Uskallan
  7. Paavoharju - Ursulan uni
  8. Paavoharju - Kirkonväki
  9. Paavoharju - Salainen huone
  10. Paavoharju - Tyttö tanssii
  11. Paavoharju - Sumuvirsi
  12. Paavoharju - 11