Burning Hearts

Finnish indie pop stalwarts Jessika Rapo (vocalist for Le Futur Pompiste, backing vocals for Magenta Skycode) and Henry Ojala (ex-drummer for Cats on Fire, ex-bass player for Magenta Skycode) teamed up to form the shambly, synthy duo Burning Hearts in 2006. Burning Hearts' debut full-length, Aboa Sleeping, was released on Shelflife in early 2009. Aboa Sleeping received a warm welcome and made it to the top albums of 2009 on many music blogs. Rapo and Ojala followed up the album's release with a passel of live shows in Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm and New York City.

After releasing two singles in 2010, "Night Animal" (featuring A peasant's dream Jori Hulkkonen remix) and a cover of Arthur Russell's "The Letter", the duo decamped to the Finnish countryside in Ostrobothnia and recorded a four song EP, Into the Wilderness, which was issued by Shelflife in June of 2011. The video for title track "Into the Wilderness", based on a documentary about Alaskan grizzly bears, spread quickly over the blogosphere receiving a most warming welcome. The song was featured as mp3 and video of the day on spinner.com, and received several reviews giving praise to the EP. In July Burning Hearts was signed by Finnish Solina records who, together with Shelflife will release the forthcoming album.

In fall 2011 the band took a small break from the work, and Johan Ekström and Niko Kivikangas joined the group as the live line-up was renewed. Burning Hearts played in Stockholm, Tallinn and did a few shows in Finland, only to return to the recording process.

The second full-length album, "Extinctions", will be released in February 2012. All nine songs were written and recorded in the Ostrobothnian environment proven to be inspiring. If Aboa Sleeping was a collection of early songs that were not intended to end up on an album, Extinctions was written as a consequence of many tragical stories that in a way or another touched the band. Quite a few of the songs are dedicated to persons or creatures that no longer exist. Even if human tragedies inpired the writing and death is present in nearly all the songs, the sound remains vivid and full of hope.

http://burningheartsmusic.com/

    soundcloud by Burning Hearts

Into The Wilderness (music video)

For booking (Finland): Antti Hietala + 358 44 560 8969 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ///// Gaea Booking & Records

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Upcoming shows for Burning Hearts:

///// 24.2 2012 ///// Dynamo / Turku /////

///// 2.3 2012 ///// Kuudes Linja / Helsinki /////

///// 16.3.2012 ///// Solina Records proudly presents: Magenta Skycode plays "IIIII", Burning Hearts and Nightsatan + DJ Jori Hulkkonen, Tavastia / Helsinki /////

///// 23.3 2012 ///// Doris / Tampere /////

///// 24.3 2012 ///// 45 Special / Oulu /////

///// 5.5. 2012 ///// tba/ Hamburg, Germany /////

Past Shows:

///// 27.1 2012 ///// Soiree Helsinki Mon Amour / La Flèche d'Or / Paris, France

///// 13.1 2012 ///// Tavastia (w/Siinai) / Helsinki /////

///// 12.11 2011 ///// Odessa Pop / EKKM, The Contemporary Museum of Art / Tallinn, Estonia /////

///// 20.10 2011 at 21:00 ///// Lost in music / YO-Talo / Tampere /////

///// 7.10 2011 ///// Moi! Festival / Kägelbanan / Stockholm, Sweden /////

///// 1.10 2011 ///// Dynamo (w/Siinai) / Turku /////

Releases:

Solina Records | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Rauhankatu 31 A 1, 20100 Turku, Finland. facebook.com/SolinaRecords