Murskahumppa humppa-punk
Here´s a short introduction of a finnish band named Murskahumppa.
MURSKAHUMPPA from Savo, Finland
murska; smithers, smithereens
murskata; to shatter, smash, crush, pulverize, grind, demolish, pound, squash, crash, destroy, quell, overbear
From Savo, in the eastern Finland scorches Murskahumppa. Murskahumppa mixes finnish humppa (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa ) with punkrock. The band was formed in the spring 2008. Their debut 7. maksa was released in June 2008. Soon they played several shows around Finland. As influences they admit finnish humppa and childhood of slavic melancholy near the Russian border.
The legend of Murskahumppa states the bandmembers are dead humppa-musicians of ages past whom the greedy recordcompany dug out from their graves to form a format-band. Deadgray faces and formal suits&ties add nicely to the story. I´m also sensing some irony in the legend, due to the fact that the finnish tv- and radiostations pour out endlessly music made by competitors from Idols and other ya-wanna-be-a-star-formatbased shows.
Lyrically they mix vagabondromantic to politics, wanking, human relationships and social&economical topics in a juicy concoction. Catchy melodies (real earworms!) and aggressive touch in handling their instruments is a rare combination and exactly to my taste. The final result is something new and invigorating. Also the fact that 4 of the 6 members of Murskahumppa sing gives it´s own weird touch to the whole.
The album MURSKAPUNKKIA was released in May 2009 via legendary finnish punk-label Propaganda Records.
Most of the material is written and composed by gentlemen called Ovaali Vikavirtasuoja (which translates into something like “an Oval Protection in case of Malfunction in electric circuits”) and Jaska Koo. All the other names of the bandmembers are too twisted from the names of dead or (or should I say “but”?) still performing schlagersingers.
Murskahumppa:
Jaska Koo - voc, guitar
Ovaali Vikavirtasuoja - guitar, voc
Manne Attila- guitar
Reijo Peruskallio - drums
Matti Seija - bass, backing voc
Matti, Teppo & Seppo Jortikka - voc
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1. intro 0:20
2. murskapunkki 1:47
3. tuohinen sormus 1:25
4. poikamies 2009 2:25
5. kissanainen 2:06
6. kalleimpain 2:04
7. vihreä kulta 2:20
8. ota kiinni 4:45
9. kani 2:11
10. hamsteri 1:23
11. lihava enkeli 2:43
12. mikä mun päässä nykii 1:02
13. murskahumppa 2:10
14. yrjöpussi 1:51
15. stora kusetus 1:32
16. maksumies 1:44
17. kulkurin kaipuu 2:31
18. mua rakastan 2:01
19. poikamies 2:38
20. nitro 2:00
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