Saturday 29 January 2022

Räjäyttäjät - Samassa Veneessä

When RÄJÄYTTÄJÄT (The Bombers) first appeared in Finland ten years ago – live, on cassette, and on vinyl – it was like a cleansing fire. RÄJÄYTTÄJÄT arrived to blast rock music into smithereens, atoms, ash, and crap. Rock music was left powerless before the trio’s onslaught. The flamethrowers disguised as instruments left only scorched earth behind.

RÄJÄYTTÄJÄT is a rock band led by Jukka Nousiainen, which was founded in Jyväskylä in 2011. Nousiainen's friend from Oulu had taken the local band to a gig in Ilokivi, Jyväskylä, for which he had asked bassist Sill and British drummer Alex, with whom he had played before. The first performance was watched by six people, half of whom had played in other bands at the event.

The band has been releasing albums extensively since its inception. The band has probably borrowed its name from a journalist asking Cisse Häkkinen about HURRIGANES' 1988 Midsummer return gig, in which Häkkinen had stated “We will be blown up!”

At last we now know, with this latest LP, that the band burned down rock in the name of love; and only so that it could bloom forth stronger and more handsome than ever. RÄJÄYTTÄJÄT are all about cohesion. Rock is eternal, the new age of Aquarius is upon us, and the colours are glowing brighter.

The message, both musically and lyrically, is surprisingly clear. The touch is experimental but firm, and the music is beautiful even at its most angular moments.

The band is still free to emit an unpredictable art fart as and when required, but otherwise this new album definitely slips into the ‘classic rock’ section of record shops – in the proudest possible sense of that term. The world may glisten with shit, but you can listen to these hymns and still live like a civilised human being.

RÄJÄYTTÄJÄT:
Jukka Nousiainen - vocals, guitar
Mikko “Rock” Siltanen - bass
Alex Reed - drummer

Today's tune "Samassa Veneessä" is taken from the bands latest album "III", enjoy!



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