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This low-price import DCD collection offers an unabashed peek into the peculiar phenomenon of veteran Finnish trio 22-Pistepirkko (translates as "22-ladybug"). The band's sound and diabolical dynamic, remarkably consistent over the span of the 17-year career embraced here, is a luminous, surreal, guitar-based electro-pop and proto-garage-psychedelia blended with elements of acoustic folk and spaced-out bohemian blues-rock. Easily one of Scandinavia's most eccentric and evocative pop acts, 22-Pistepirkko are like The Clinic in a prescription-only fog, The Kinks in keyboard overload, Primal Scream woozy on moonshine and maracas, a lo-fi Pet Shop Boys whose disco ball has escaped earth orbit, and T. Rex savant Marc Bolan, who 22-P vocalist PK is often compared to. 22-Pistepirkko are slightly weird, slightly childish, slightly psychedelic, slightly awkward, slightly rockin', but mostly epic, genius, and supremely Finnish. Disc one (1986-1994) leans on wired blues-tinged organ-driven garage-rumble and sublime vocal yelps, sizzling with fuzz-guitars and maracas... Truly a marvel of anthropological and historical musical freakery, everything the band does, from simplex to complex, is rendered in a deliriously odd way. Disc two (1996-2002) finds the band exploring their synthier side, set loose upon a stack of mesmerizing pop songs, skewed melodies, luxuriant ambient textures, tweaked drum-n-bass brazenry, all performed on traditional instruments and lovingly swaddled in echoing studio expressionism. Check out the artist's website: http://www.22-pistepirkko.net Track List: 1. Ou Wee! 2. Hongkong King 3. Motorcycleman 4. Don't Try To Tease Me 5. Frankenstein 6. Don't Play Cello 7. Don't Say I'm So Evil 8. Birdy 9. Texacoson 10. Swamp-Blues 11. (Just A) Little Bit More 12. Wild Billy 13. Gimme Some Water 14. Coffee Girl 15. I Never Said 16. Roundabout 17. Taxi 74 18. Onion Soup 19. Sad Lake City 20. Boardroom Walk 21. Snowy Dave-99 22. Fujisan 23. Car Wash 24. This Time 25. Waiting For The Train 26. Rally Of Love 27. Let The Romeo weep (live) Other Genres:
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