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Husky Rescue
Around the same time that this website sprung up a band emerged from Finland producing some of the most gorgeous and effortless sounding music you could wish to hear. Pop, folk, chill out, dance, electronica they have elements of all those genres running through them.
Husky Rescue are the band and they are wonderful…
As you would expecting with a band that can veer from the triumphant to the haunting on a single record they have constantly evolved over the course of their three album career, with the latest one (Ship Of Light) released in the UK today.
What better time to catch up with a band that we have championed for the last seven years at The Beat Surrender than on the high of getting ready to release the album….
It’s been a few years since your second album was released, what have you been up to as a group since then, aside from writing and recording your new album of course?
We’ve been making music for some film projects. I’ve composed a film score for a new Finnish feature film and Ville made the score for a feature documentary film. Anssi has been keeping himself really busy playing tennis and ranks higher and higher. His next goal is to win the musicians tennis tournament 2010. I bet he will!
You released a single back in December which suggested that your sound has once again moved on, is that something you’ve always felt was important to do as a group?
Yes. As a producer I feel we should always evolve.
At the same time it’s quite a balancing act to ensure that you have a degree of continuity in your sound as well when you evolve I guess?
Yes. it’s also important to keep faithful to the the soundscape and quality of the sound we have created. I really respect bands, such as The Cardigans, who started out as an indie band and evolved into an interesting direction, but their sound is still totally recognizable.
The new album Ship Of Light comes out soon, how does it compare in musical style and lyrical themes compared to your two previous long players?
The soundscape is richer, it’s more pop but I find I experimented with it more as well. It’s a very personal album and it’s even more easy to make friends with than the previous two.
You have a tour coming up soon in the UK, again though it seems to be quite heavily dominated by dates in the South, do you have any plans to get out further later in the year to take in places you’ve not played before or at least for a long time?
I really hope so.
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Add to favouritesDoes it frustrate you that you haven’t got your music out to a much bigger audience yet despite producing some of the most distinguished and beautiful music of the last six or seven years?
Yes and no. I’d like to share this music with many people. Making music becomes concrete when it finds a home with a listener. But if it really really reaches someone, it really doesn’t matter to me how large a crowd we are talking about.
What is your favourite Husky Rescue song?
They Are Coming. It’s an escapist song and it marks a transition to better things, times and dimensions. I really look forward to playing it live.
Remixes always play a big part of your single releases and you’ve had some terrific ones commissioned over the years, how do you decide who you want to remix your tracks?
A few have of course been made by some old friends. Mainly it’s the only area in which I have completely trusted the record companys vision.
Will you be playing any festivals in the UK this year?
Oh yes, I believe we will!
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