Hey, it’s summer and everything. The weather forecasters might not entirely agree and keep on telling that it’s damn cold outside and that soon it might be raining all kinds of awful things. However, I’m not ready to believe them, because there’s summer in my heart and that means I need some pop music that is a perfect match with that summery feeling. So it’s The Lieblings to the rescue, because they are more than able to kick the clouds away with their fuzzy pop magic. Their second album Let Them Have It came out months ago and I still haven’t written a word about if I remember correctly. Ridicilous stuff on my part, but better late than never and all the other cliches. Anyway, Let Them Have It is a great pop record with fuzzy guitar, gorgeous melodies and awesome vocals. This is Spark from the new The Lieblings album that is out and available on Stupido Records.
Daisy – Ornament & Crime
Major news alert! Stop the pop press. A new Daisy album Ornament & Crime will be released on the 26th of May by Karhuvaltio Records. It’s been a while since 2009’s Daydream, but oh my, they certainly haven’t lost their ability to create wonderful pop songs during their long hiatus. I’m just listening to the album for the first time, because it found its way to Spotify a day early and I probably have never been this excited about the band. Super good pop record and I can’t wait to spend the summer under the melodic guidance of this new Daisy album. Here are the magnificent singles Little Love and Haven’t Always Been This Way to get things started.
Freschard & Is This Really Me Finland Tour 30.3 – 1.4
Something rather special is happening within a couple of weeks. A magnificent French born, but Berlin-based songwriter Freschard has joined forces with Finnish band Is This Really Me and together they’ll do a short Finland tour that includes dates in Helsinki, Turku and Jyväskylä. I’m super excited, because as you might have noticed I’ve been extremely addicted to her songs and albums during the past few years. Shh.., Boom Biddy Boom and Sunday Night are all awesome. You’ll find some personal favourites at the end of this blog post. Clemence Freschard will be touring with another great tunesmith Stanley Brinks who plays guitar on these Finnish dates.
I’m also very eager to see Is This Really Me live for the first time. Their album The Iron Door was one of the finest Finnish albums of 2016.
Freschard & Is This Really Me Finland Tour:
30.03 Tenho, Helsinki
31.03 Flavour of the Month, Pikku-Torre, Turku
01.04 Art Museum, Jyväskylä (notice early showtime 16.00)
Freschard – Tweet Tweet (from Shh..)
Freschard – Not Ready (from Shh..)
Freschard – Investigate (from Boom Biddy Boom)
Freschard – Eagle Eyes (from Sunday Night)
Is This Really Me – Folk Song (from The Iron Door)
Is This Really Me – Cave (from The Iron Door)