If you Google Poets of the Fall, the right hand side of your browser shows you a set of pictures, underneath which you have the words "Rock Band". Having seen them live in a concert two years back, I can myself testify to the fact that though they have soft, melodious songs, with slow riffs and soothing music; they can also get up top and barrel out a growling riff and a bass solo with equal panache. Their new single, "Daze" came out a few hours ago and it seems to me that with it, they are reminding us that they are a rock band.
The video opens with a full moon and a girl driving a Ferarri down a road, while a fast intro plays in the background. Next frame, and Mr. Saaresto comes on screen, dressed to kill. The song is a love song, about passions running amok and it's refrain says it all- "Set the world on fire; with bittersweet desire". I mean wow right?
There are a lot of things going for this song. The vocals and Marko's voice. The general ambience of the video, which is typical rock. The very sound of the track which is reminiscent of the old Poets sound (think "Diamonds for Tears", "Carnival of Rust" and "Lift") and lastly, the hype and joy of having another Poets of the Fall album coming out just before the Dusshera festival here. The release of this single could not have been better timed, in my opinion.
But, here's the thing. I find this song to be the introduction to something bigger and better. If you remember the 2007 romantic comedy "Music and Lyrics"; starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore; and the part where Barrymore tells Grant that the songs on his solo album seem to be like dessert as opposed to dinner, then maybe you'll get what I'm saying now.
"Daze" is the ideal entree to a main course, five star dinner; which is the album "Jealous Gods". I am waiting with bated breath and a quivering pulse to see what this album is going to be like. I can only hope that with this album and with the names of the tracks that I've seen on the website- that the Poets are going back to rock.
Check the song out on YouTube under the Poets' official channel- PoetsoftheFallBand.
The Bilge Master
The video opens with a full moon and a girl driving a Ferarri down a road, while a fast intro plays in the background. Next frame, and Mr. Saaresto comes on screen, dressed to kill. The song is a love song, about passions running amok and it's refrain says it all- "Set the world on fire; with bittersweet desire". I mean wow right?
There are a lot of things going for this song. The vocals and Marko's voice. The general ambience of the video, which is typical rock. The very sound of the track which is reminiscent of the old Poets sound (think "Diamonds for Tears", "Carnival of Rust" and "Lift") and lastly, the hype and joy of having another Poets of the Fall album coming out just before the Dusshera festival here. The release of this single could not have been better timed, in my opinion.
But, here's the thing. I find this song to be the introduction to something bigger and better. If you remember the 2007 romantic comedy "Music and Lyrics"; starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore; and the part where Barrymore tells Grant that the songs on his solo album seem to be like dessert as opposed to dinner, then maybe you'll get what I'm saying now.
"Daze" is the ideal entree to a main course, five star dinner; which is the album "Jealous Gods". I am waiting with bated breath and a quivering pulse to see what this album is going to be like. I can only hope that with this album and with the names of the tracks that I've seen on the website- that the Poets are going back to rock.
Check the song out on YouTube under the Poets' official channel- PoetsoftheFallBand.
The Bilge Master
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