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Rating: The Husky Rescue are a Finnish Ambient-Pop group formed in 2002 and this "Country Falls" is their first album, released in 2004.
I don't know about you but I discovered them with the 2008 Beck's Next commercial and immediately fell in love with that ad perfectly in sync with "Rainbow Flows," one of their best tracks, the carefree vibe of a single with their friends on a skyscraper terrace calmly drinking a beer, watching the clouds go by and the sun set, leaving behind a golden and poignant aura. Scary, huh?
But back to the album; the album is very good, at times a bit boring because it's repetitive, but there are at least 7-8 tracks that deserve a listen.
The best ones are the sweet and delicate "Sweet Little Kitten" and "Sleep Tight Tiger", "New Light of Tomorrow" recovering from a sleepless night spent driving around the streets waiting for dawn, the robotic "Gasoline Girl" and the eighth wonder "Rainbow Flows".
Then there are some intriguing cases (at least to me) like the 3 minutes of silence in "Mean Street" or the spoken word accompanied by a harmonica in "The Good Man", which given my poor language skills I don't think I fully understood, but it should talk about an almost regretful "superman" for being born super instead of perhaps a doctor (to make his mother immortal), and the closing track "The Man Who Flew Away" which lasts only 1:33 and is almost all the same.
The atmosphere is filtered and semi-nocturnal, except for "Summertime Cowboy" which even includes laser shots.
The main singer is a woman named Reeta-Leena Korhola.
Even though it might not seem like it, the entire album is pervaded by a sense of melancholy and underlying solitude, which makes it all the more fascinating.
If someone found it in Rome, please let me know where because it's hard to find and I'd be very grateful.
Did I do well with my little task? Have I been good?
In conclusion, let me say: "Better a lousy review than no review at all."
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Sweet Little Kitten (04:45)
Sweet little kitten on the porch sleeps in the sun
The sunbeams climb up on the wall
Climbing until they find the rooftop don't stop until the icepicks
Melt in to the floor
Go slowly don't wake me don't shake me up
Easy don't wake up don't shake me up
Small girls with sun warm hands cuddle bring him milk
then run after make castles in the snow
Jokers juggle in the air rainbow colored fountains of sugar waters flow
Go slowly don't wake me don't shake me up
Easy don't wake up don't shake me up
02 Summertime Cowboy (04:06)
(Beautiful)
(Beautiful, uh huh)
Beautiful summertime cowboy
Dance and scream
Dance for me
Twist and shout
Country boy, oh please
Country boy, western cowboy
Say to mean, James Dean
Country boy, summertime cowboy
Giddy up for me
Country boy
My sweet cowboy
Giddy up, for me
Wonder boy
Big city playboy
Dance for me
Fire boy
Red hot flame boy
Fire it up for me
Summer boy
Big strong blonde boy
Work it out, for me
Laser light killed my cowboy
Summertime of love
Laser light ohhhh
Summertime is gone
Laser light shot my cowboy
In the night of love
Laser light ohhhh
Country boy is gone
Summertime in love
Country boy
My sweet cowboy
Summer boy in love
Country boy
My own cowboy
Summer boy is gone
Country boy
My sweet cowboy
Summer boy in love
Country boy
My own cowboy
Summer boy is love
03 New Light of Tomorrow (04:52)
you gave me hope amidst my sorrow
may it be tomorrow, that i can love again
and in return for what i've borrowed
be with you tomorrow and until the end
i know the road we're on is narrow
along comes tomorrow, we're gonna see the sun
and with the wings of the first sparrow
new light of tomorrow
we're gonna be as one
08 Rainbow Flows (05:51)
Rainbow flows across the sky
And kites are rising high alive
And cotton clouds they're passing by
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