2008 album, digisleeve

Tracks:

01. I Feel Like Surfing
02. Consider Me Gone
03. Bad Moon Set
04. Sleeves Of Jesus
05. Eye Of An Animal
06. Riot
07. Zombie
08. Zion King
09. Fever
10. Bachelorism
11. Chariots Of Love
12. My Dodge

Married couple from the village of Sahalahti, Finland, playing and singing rockmusic, kind of. Irrestible beats, heartfelt vocals, classic melodies, good sense of dynamics: 12 turbo diamonds, all veritable hits.

Anssi has a distinctive voice, a semi-acoustic guitar and two drums (kicksnare and kickbass, both played with selfmade pedals). As one man orchestra he made a hell of a racket, that resembled rock'n'roll greats from Elvis to The Misfits and Nirvana, but sounded completely original and different. (Just check his debut "Kyklops vs. Svesse", Bone Voyage DoubleCD) Maria his wife already put some cream on top on Kyklops vs. Svesse backing on some songs with vocals, keyboards, maracas, cymbal and other things. Did I mentioned the 4-to-the-floor-cowbells?

On the new album they found a new balance which boosts the couple's music to new horizons. Maybe the rural environment has something to do with the timeless qualities in their music. You don't bother with the current hipster trends when you live in the woods. The duo writes basically simple and short rock tunes, but their sense of melody and dynamics are classic. Compared to the contemporary power rock sound or the alternately plaintive indie folk, Anssi and Maria are a breath of fresh air. They sound like actual human beings making music together. That's it.