Burning Hearts

I was browsing through a swedish music magazine called Sonic and it's not the first time I stumble across a finnish band there. Swedes tend to love a certain niche of minimalistic, elegant and gloomy pop only we finns are able to produce. This band Burning Hearts in particular is something I'm glad to read about. It is a shame I've never seen them live but I will surely correct that any time soon. The band consists of two members of Cats On Fire, one of my favourite bands but it doesn't sound just like something extra, something unreleased from Cats On Fire. This is something entirely independent from all of that.

I read that the members Henry Ojala (Cats On Fire drummer) and Jessica Rapo (Cats On Fire additional female vocals, flute, organs, you name it...) first met in Turku at a youngsters school music event 20 years ago. That's a long time I tell you. Since that they've made their individual careers in forementioned Cats On Fire and Jessica at the super Le Futur Pompiste. In some way Burning Hearts is a logical continuum to those two and sounds like a it has been recorded at a cozy living room somewhere in sleepy Turku.

Their magnificent material hasn't come unnoticed to the public worldwide. They've already been signed to Portland/San Francisco-based Shelflife Records ( http://shelflife.com/ ) and have been added to several compilation records and indie playlists out there. Their etheric pop music reminds me of Stereolab and maybe bands like The Radio Dept. and I wouldn't be surprised to find them scoring a warm-hearted independent film any time soon. I could picture their music being played on a cute first date on a movie where everything goes just right for the two main characters.

Their brand new Night Animal 7" single can be ordered from the website aswell as their Aboa Sleeping LP can be found at well equipped record stores. I know I will go and find mine any time soon.

Take a closer look to their music on their myspace page. I know you're going to love it...
http://www.myspace.com/burningheartsmusic

Godspeed.
-anttiwalker-