{"id":39422,"date":"2018-03-15T15:19:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T15:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/fives-varvaras-5-favourite-finnish-bands\/"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:03:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T18:03:27","slug":"fives-varvaras-5-favourite-finnish-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/fives-varvaras-5-favourite-finnish-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Fives: Varvara&#8217;s 5 Favourite Finnish Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57928\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"851\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-465x309.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Varvara-695x462.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>Lapland. Moomins. Saunas. These are just some of the things the country of Finland is famous for. While its musical output is perhaps best known for producing stellar metal and hard rock bands such as HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom and erm\u2026 The Rasmus. Nevertheless, on the more melodic, alt-rock side of the scale, you have <b>Varvara<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Having celebrated their 10th-anniversary last year, the quintet will be releasing their fourth full-length at the end of the week. Entitled <i>\u2018GO\u2019<\/i>, it sees Hamina-based band serve up a range of melody-driven rock songs with plenty of confidence. With hints of garage rock and a spine of influential late 90s and early 2000s rock, songs such as <i>&#8216;Gone\u2019<\/i>, <i>&#8216;Anxiety\u2019<\/i>, and <i>&#8216;Up To The Tempo\u2019<\/i> have plenty of urgency. Lyrically, the album confronts the change of the season from summer to autumn (so why it\u2019s being released in March is a mystery). Despite this very minor flaw, <b>Varvara<\/b> are opening the door for Finnish rock bands to venture overseas; <i>&#8216;GO\u2019<\/i> is there second international release following 2016\u2019s <i>&#8216;Death Defying Tricks\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>To get an insight into the Finnish rock scene, <b>Varvara<\/b> founder, lead songwriter and vocalist Mikko Kiri has picked out his five favourite Finnish bands along with a standout song from each pick.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/alreadyhearduk\/playlist\/3PuI2at14vqgHtjxhlesdR\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/alreadyhearduk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Spotify for more playlists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>1. Penniless \u2013 Hail Of Bullets<\/h1>\n<p>The best band in Finland. They\u2019ve never made a bad album. The first Penniless song I ever heard was <i>&#8216;Imbecile\u2019<\/i> from the album, <i>&#8216;Anola\u2019<\/i>. I\u00b4ve been a fan since that moment. The two latest albums (<i>&#8216;Rows of Houses\u2019<\/i> and <i>&#8216;Cab To The City\u2019<\/i>) blew my mind. This is from latter. They\u2019ve had a great effect on everything we do. And I can\u00b4t wait for the new album (which should be coming in 2018).<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<h1>2. Lemonator \u2013 Superb<\/h1>\n<p><b>Lemonator<\/b> was one of the first Finnish \u201dpowerpop\u201d bands I learned to listen in the 90\u2019s. It was colourful and fascinating. I was 17 years old when <i>&#8216;Yellow\u2019<\/i> was released. That\u00b4s the age when you usually get influenced by everything around you, and I really took everything out of this album. I picked this song because to me it kind of sums the whole period of being in love with their music.<\/p>\n<h1>3. Damn Seagulls \u2013 Something About It<\/h1>\n<p>There is a great melody in the chorus; good stuff for a singalong\/carpool moment. <i>&#8216;Soul Politics\u2019<\/i> is my favourite <b>Damn Seagulls<\/b> album. We had Lauri (Eloranta &#8211; Damn Seagulls singer\/guitarist) mix our new album. He also recorded and mixed our <i>&#8216;Weatherman\u2019<\/i> single. He\u2019s a fantastic dude. Not only for his conversation and mixing skills but also making this kind of monstrous stadium ballads.<\/p>\n<h1>4. Sweatmaster \u2013 Animal<\/h1>\n<p>This is a textbook example of <i>\u201crock with your cock out.\u201d<\/i> The whole album (also called <i>&#8216;Animal\u2019<\/i>) sounds great and doesn\u2019t have a dull moment in it. I remember somebody saying that <b>Sweatmaster<\/b> are <i>\u201cThe Hives of Finland\u201d<\/i> but they do a better job in it then The Hives themselves. Ever since I was told that, I\u2019ve been certain of it.<\/p>\n<h1>5. Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? &#8211; Bambi Act<\/h1>\n<p>These guys are buddies of ours. We\u00b4ve been gigging\u2019 a lot together, and feature on each others shows from time to time. This is from the latest album, <i>&#8216;Jazzbelle 1984\/1988\u2019<\/i>, so it\u2019s still fresh as hell. What\u2019s so good about it? Because it\u00b4s fucking FUN. It\u2019s all about fun. You can\u2019t listen to this and not smile.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;GO\u2019<\/i> by <b>Varvara<\/b> is released on 16th March on <b>Haminian Sounds<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Varvara<\/b> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/varvaraband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/varvaraband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/varvara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by S\u00eaan Reid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanReid86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SeanReid86<\/a>). Photo Credit: Petri Paronen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lapland. Moomins. Saunas. These are just some of the things the country of Finland is famous for. While its musical output is perhaps best known for producing stellar metal and hard rock bands such as HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom and erm\u2026 The Rasmus. 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