Positive Wave is an old band from Finland that has been around since 1998 but I have never heard them! My friend Eetu sent me this CD. He did the very cool artwork for the CD. They are a 6 piece band (4 guest musicians also play on the album). Susan is the lead vocalist and has a very nice voice to compliment the music. She sings in Finnish so forget understanding it!! The album features 11 tracks ranging from the short 2 min track to the title track at over 9mins. The opening track, 1930, is a piano driven track, with a sort of traditional almost polka like feel at times but darker. Varpunen features some trumpet in this mid paced track with an almost ska feel to it. Lato is a very nice track, reminds me of Wigwam or something.. Love the middle section on this track. Great back and forth with the guitar and keys… Kupla is a bit jazzy…Ritariperhonen is a short track with just voice and acoustic guitar. Toukokuun Lokit starts slowly but then builds up with a sort of dark thread before a Hidira Spacefolk like riff kicks in and then off to the guitar solo. Love the bass line and groove on Maadisko!! Iiris starts slowly but then builds nicely. Great vocals on this track. Pelota is quite funky with some really nice horn work to compliment the piano and vibe. Dig it!! Japanin Laiva is a proggy one with lots of changes. The long title track ends this quite nice album with a more explorative nature and space start.
I guess these guys are like prog-folk rock of sorts if I had to put them into a category but the CD is very eclectic and diverse.. I really enjoyed it a lot… Check them out…
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