Lau Nau - Valohiukkanen (2012)

Tracklist

01. Valolle
02. Ystäväni Nosferatu
03. Kuoleman tappajan kuolema
04. Hämärän hevoset
05. Välisoitto
06. Valloittajan laulu
07. Juokse sinä humma
08. Paperthin
09. Mirjam
10. Silmät

Lau Nau or Laura Naukkarinen, singer-songwriter and musician from Helsinki, Finland, is also a member of free improv and psych folk bands Kiila, Päivänsäde, the Anaksimandros, Avarus, Maailma, and the trio Hertta Lussu Ässä. Valohiukkanen, sepulchral ambient folk and neo -classical projections from Lau Nau, is recorded last year on Kemiö Island, in Turku, Tampere and Stockholm. As on her previous two LPs for Locust, Laura Naukkarinen’s elegant, confessional vocals – delivering lyrics in her native Finnish – are the star of the show, but equally important is the spacious production and the diverse, vivid instrumentation: jouhikko, bass, alto clarinet, guitar, piano, celesta. The biggest departure from past works, though, is the foregrounding of rhythm, especially in such pointedly disco-friendly fashion as on ‘Kuoleman tappajan kuolema’. These drum-led experiments are pretty successful, but at the end of the day what you really want a Lau Nau album for is its serene, snow-capped, gently psychedelic songcraft, and there’s plenty of that – ‘Hamaran hevoset’ being a particularly wintry and woozy delight.

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