Hertta Lussu Assa

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3...according to our Clinton on Fri 15 Jul, 2011.

Sometimes this job amazes me. Here I am reviewing an avant-garde Finnish supergroup performing a track called 'Electric Spaniel - Wild Nights'. I'm sure we can all relate to those kind of nights, eh? The 'supergroup' consists of Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu, Laura Naukkarinen aka Lau Nau and Merja Kokkonen aka Islaja, thus giving Emerson, Lake and Palmer, The Travelling Wilburys and Tired Pony a run for their money. The music is disjointed chaos using piano, bells, a squeak machine, droning accordions, what could be a flute all meshed together. It's a mess but a certain kind of arty mess that many will enjoy.

Gnomic no-fi plunk, wheeze, rattle and moan courtesy of an unfortunately monikered (well... at least to english language readers anyway...it probably means something just lovely in finnish...) supergroup comprised of jonna karanka aka kuupuu, laura naukkarinen aka lau nau and merja kokkonen aka islaja that draws from the seemingly eternal well of stoned detuned mischief that feeds the viaducts of the finnish underground. the sheer density of acts positing variants on this same post-amon duul/siloah-like freakout stylee there gives rise to questions of bandwagon hopping, but that's a discussion for another time. for the here and now, this first release of theirs is a choice manifestation of heavy-lidded third-mind acoustic weirdity that's as ungainly as it is mystically/chemically blasted.

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