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

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

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista (FR-55DD)

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1.		Paavoharju - Pimeänkarkelo	3m 56s
2.		Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu	3m 56s
3.		Paavoharju - Tuoksu tarttuu meihin	3m 43s
4.		Paavoharju - Italialaisella laivalla	3m 49s
5.		Paavoharju - Alania	49s
6.		Paavoharju - Uskallan	3m 20s
7.		Paavoharju - Ursulan uni	2m 36s
8.		Paavoharju - Kirkonväki	3m 46s
9.		Paavoharju - Salainen huone	1m 7s
10.		Paavoharju - Tyttö tanssii	3m 51s
11.		Paavoharju - Sumuvirsi	3m 5s
12.		Paavoharju - 11	1m 4s

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