Chamellows--Rat_Hearts-2006-i8

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MP3/FLAC

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i8

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34,52 MB

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16

Date

2006-10-17

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      a r t i s t : Chamellows
        t i t l e : Rat Hearts
          d a t e : 2006
        l a b e l : Fonal (FR-46)
        g e n r e : Indie
  r l s.  d a t e : Oct/2006
      t r a c k s : 16
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 34,5 MB

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     New on Fonal! Chamellows (which means Sleeping Bags in case
     you were wondering...) is the collaborative project of Laura
     Naukkarinen (better known as Lau Nau) and the visual artist
     Mikko Kuorinki. Those of you who know Naukkarinen's work for
     American label Locust will no doubt already be fidgeting with
     anticipation, Kuutarha her debut album, is widely accepted as
     being the holy grail of Finnish folk music (Sami Sanpakkila of
     Fonal referenced it as one of his top Finnish records of all
     time!). This anthology of songs is something of an early works
     collection, with some tracks dating back ten years, grabbing
     odd tunes from limited 7"s and long forgotten gems which were
     no doubt gathering dust and mould on an old 4-track tape. At
     no point however do I get the feeling when listening to Rat
     Hearts that the material has dated, maybe that's because it
     possesses that creepy Finish charm we've all fallen in love
     with in the last couple of years, but it wouldn't surprise me
     if this had been recorded ten days ago, let alone ten years.
     Of course as we've heard with so many Fonal releases now, the
     duo manage somehow to combine styles as if they are totally
     unaware of current musical practices, blending elements of
     punk and new wave with the overriding sound of freak-folk you
     might associate with Fonal's poster-girl Islaja. It's not for
     the faint hearted of course -- but tracks like Siggur sound
     like it could almost be a pop song playing on a broken
     transistor radio piped into 1974 and Summerfun sounds like it
     really should have been a kids TV theme in the mid 1980s. All
     this pop excess is as always interspersed with improvised
     insanity; the Kemialliset Ystavat-lite synth/guitar
     schizophrenia of Horsepuke Carpark Snow-white or Flash Light
     Beat Heart but that's what makes Fonal so damned attractive
     isn't it? The uncompromising attitude, the ability to make pop
     records sound so peculiar and the fact they don't seem to mind
     babbling away in that beautiful alien language, unaware that
     most of their listeners can't understand a word. Rat Hearts is
     a rewarding and challenging experience and that's the only way
     I can explain it -- long live Fonal!

     http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=22906
     http://www.fonal.com/

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      01-Universal Goodwill                                     [02:21]
      02-Siggur                                                 [03:03]
      03-End of All Fear                                        [01:28]
      04-San Diego Rat Heart                                    [02:08]
      05-Sateenkaari-James                                      [00:52]
      06-Horsepuke Carpark Snow-White                           [02:29]
      07-Summerfun                                              [03:26]
      08-Week-End                                               [02:37]
      09-Nepalm                                                 [03:02]
      10-Backyard Stardust                                      [02:28]
      11-Rooftops                                               [01:51]
      12-Flash Light Beat Heart                                 [01:52]
      13-Snake Whistle Boat                                     [03:19]
      14-I'm Walking                                            [02:59]
      15-Idiot Light                                            [00:20]
      16-New Age Manifest                                       [01:54]
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                                                                 36:09 min

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