| ***While the "free folk" music boom from Finland has recently grabbed the ears of many of this planet's less ape-eared, Holy Mountain is more than pleased to extend a hand to the darker-- not to mention-more rocking-- side of this contemporaneous scene. Tivol plays a throbbing, violent and aggressive strain of acid rock that has nothing to do with subtlety. Their already hypnotic material is further enhanced by screamed vocals that do not seem to emanate from this earth. Comprised of four tracks from two extremely limited edition CDRs released on the 267 Lattajjaaa and Time-Lag labels, Holy Mountain gives this material a proper CD release with vastly improved sound quality and charming new artwork silkscreened by the talented hands and mind of the Free Porcupine Society's Robert Fisk. Finland's Tivol might be one of the best kept secrets on the Nordic peninsula.... Freaking genius! I can't recommend this enough. For any and all fans of the Finnish underground, and psych/kraut in general, Tivol is a must own. Totally fucking excellent. 9/10
-Brad Rosen, Foxy Digitalis |
