Recently an A&SB family member took a trip to Finland for a music conference and came back with a collection of some of the finest music we have never heard. The music world of Scandinavia is a grossly untapped resource of incredible art that we feel needs to brought into the U.S. mainstream. One of those artists in his mighty collection that stood out was JOENSUU 1685. Their new, self-titled album takes everything you love from My Bloody Valentine, Skywave and The Jesus & Mary Chain and blends it together beautifully – giving you the feeling of taking a warm piss on a cold Winter’s night. This album has yet to dock on the shores of U.S., but for now check out the song “You Shine Brighter Than The Light” on their MySpace or in the video below and expect to hear more about the band who John Ponemon of Subpop called “the most impressive artist” of the Lost In Music festival of Finland.

Pompeii’s latest effort, Nothing Happens For A Reason – out now on Eyeball Records, is available for streaming here. We promise you that this record is a great accompaniment to Fall activities such as: pumpkin carving, leaf crunching, beard growing, cave-cricket fighting, violent crimes, apple picking, squirrel dodging, pie baking and hot cider drinking. Delicious. Nothing Happens For A Reason is riddled with warm tones, delicate hooks and some of the finest album artwork I’ve ever seen (judge this book by it’s cover) by the talented Elizabeth RIccardi.

For fans of: Death Cab For Cutie & Explosions In The Sky.
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