OLOS

My boss recommended me to listen this album, as he knew I'm interested of progressive rock, and this band is being seen as a progressive band at least here in Finland. The album intro has some post rock influences, and there are nice peaceful soundscapes on it. Sadly this starter was quite short, as I think it could have evolved further. The rest of the tracks reveal the band's true style, which is slightly artistic pop rock, maybe a softer version of other Finnish bands CMX or Y.U.P. Finnish lyrics mean that this is mostly accessible to Finns then. I'm sometimes bit annoyed by artsy lyrics in my own language, as it's more difficult to not pay attention on them. Some of these jokes were funny though, like "throw thy dishwater on smoldering open-wire". A couple of these songs slightly resemble a happier and bit more humorous version of LANDBERK's style on their "Indian Summer" album. I must admit though that I like that album more. I listened this peaceful, even radio friendly record through once, and I decided it's maybe not my preferred cup of tea. But I think it's still an album worth of three stars, recommended for Finnish audiences interested of artistic pop. For a non-Finnish music listener this could be an example of Finnish independent rock music, or an exotic pop album for collectors?