I’ve had real problems finding anything out about this release, as there was no information sent with the download link and there appears to be very little on the web, and what there is appears to be repeated. What I think this is (and I could quite possibly be wrong) is the debut release from Juha Kapiaisen who has been working on it since 2009, but I can’t tell you anything about whether he performed everything or if Velvert are a band or just him and session musicians, which in many ways is a shame as this is actually quite good. When I first played this in the car I expected that when I reached into my files for the information I would discover that this had been released by Jeremy Morris on JAM Records, and it wouldn’t have been surprised to see that he had performed on it as well as this is just the sort of soft power pop with heavily psychedelic influences that I often expect to hear from him. So, to discover that this was by a Finn was something of a surprise.
Listening to this album one would never think that it comes from the far North as this music definitely belongs to the late Sixties and America. It may not be indispensible, but overall this is an enjoyable listen and fans of this style of music may well be surprised at just how good a 2013 Finnish psychedelic pop record can be. During my searches I found that this is available through Amazon, but there isn’t much information out there on this, which is a shame.
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