REBOUND: TIGER & RAVENS (Turenki Records) in stores
10/17/2014!!!
Come to
me and light up this room...”
Rebound,
which is known as a Rockabilly band, is now also Rock, Blues and unshamingly
Pop but still Rockabilly
as well! On its third record Tiger & Ravens, Rebound is groovier than ever,
respecting also the melodic
part. Rebound comes and lights up the room!
The
album is produced by Luri Luokkala, who is a former rival of Rebound's
leader/vocalist/singer-songwriter
Repa Nurmi. Luokkala and Nurmi grew up together in the same suburb, but ended
up in two competing
rock bands. Today, their fresh cooperation has given birth to a new, hard and
energetic Suburban
sound heard on Rebound's new album.
Mika
Railo's slap bass and Tommy Rolex'es drums form a basis of rough concrete , on
which Artturi
Rantaaho
builds his ruthless but tuneful guitar sounds. Repa Nurmi's personal vocals
keep the ensemble unpredictable
and free of set formats.
Like on
the two former albums, most of the songs are composed by Repa Nurmi, but two of
them have been
made together with guitarist Artturi Rantaaho. Lyrics have been written by
Repa Nurmi in association with
Kari Kunnas and, as a novelty, by ”the fifth Rebound” Liisa Uusitalo. The
themes of the songs cover just
life, and whole life: they range from a crush, love and passion to desperation
and bitterness and finally back to
acceptance and hope.
The only
cover song on Tiger & Ravens is the old blues Tiger Man, which Elvis made
known in his Las Vegas
shows. Rebounds version is a musical comic strip performed in the 1970s style.
Rebound
is on the raise, and Tiger & Ravens will not cut its wings!