It’s time for some more juicy Finnish music! Personally, I think Finnish indie bands should be given a bit more attention. I have, for example, witnessed a few dozen gigs too many that were musically awesome but basically no one saw/heard them since no one was there.. I guess people don’t go to see bands that easily if they haven’t even heard of the band before. You gotta start somewhere when you get to know new music, though. I think live gigs are often a nice way to check out new bands. The problem of unknownness may not be that serious when it comes to Damn Seagulls who have just released their third album Hunting Season. They have been in music magazines, received positive reviews, and people even go to see them live. Damn Seagulls are not the most familiar band to me yet, but I definitely intend to do something about that. Their music has been characterized as alternative rock – and soul rock, thanks to their second album Soul Politics that came out in 2007.
Damn Seagulls have a quite generous selection of music at Last.fm. There are two freely downloadable tracks from the new album, and you can stream every song on their first two albums. I haven’t listened to their first effort One Night at Sirdie’s much yet but I know it is soundwise their most garagey album. The second album Soul Politics shows a renewed band with soul. The album is melodic and lovely, it even includes those really cool wind instruments. I am going to listen to the album a lot more than I have so far. And at some point I will most certainly listen to the new album! (Right now I have about 50 albums waiting to be listened to..)
Hunting Season (2009)
two freely downloadable songs
Music video for Libertine
Soul Politics (2007)
stream here
Music video for Something About It
Music video for Human Torch
One Night at Sirdie’s (2004)
stream here
Damn Seagulls at MySpace
Damn Seagulls Website
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