Finnish pop quartet The Bablers consists of incurable Anglophiles. They have been around since the late 70s and have been keeping the Merseybeat and power pop flags flying in a three separate eras - as a bunch of bratty teenagers who loved New Wave nearly as much as The Beatles, a short-lived comeback in 1998 when they were big in Japan for awhile, and the current third reincarnation. Led by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Arto Tamminen the new album Psychadilly Circus is a journey to the past when the sound of Swinging London ruled the airwaves.
Bookended by two versions of Love Is Everything! the band delivers a set of carefully crafted and superbly arranged songs about love, grief, getting older and, well yes, hope. The Bablers are old school, have mastered their instruments, and they can carry a tune without cheating software. Their days of being an Angry Young Man are long gone - they prefer Walking On A Sunny Beach nowadays.
The Bablers:
Arto Tamminen: vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass, drums (second set on track 1 and 15), piano, organ, synthesizers, cello, flute, tambourine
Janne Haavisto: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Pekka Gröhn: bass, organ, electric piano, harmonium, backing vocals
Hannu Pikkarainen: guitar, slide guitar, drums (on track 10) backing vocals
Psychadilly Circus is released via Big Stir Records (CD, digital).
Tracks:- Love Is Everything!
- Psychadilly Circus
- Queen Of Yesterday
- I Hope It Wouldn't Rain Tomorrow
- All Because Of You
- Unidentified
- Where Were You My Friend
- Some Tears
- Angry Young Man
- Love To Live
- Walking On A Sunny Beach
- Child Of War
- When You Were Growing
- Singing With The Bluebird
- Love Is Everything! (Speedy's Sixties Mix)
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