REVIEW: TENHI - KAUAN

 

TENHI- KAUAN (Prophecy Productions, 1999):

Technical data:

Recorded and Mixed at Babe Musik Studios

Recorded, Mixed by Pekka Jhalainen and Tenhi

Artwork by Tenhi

Track List: 1- Näkin Laula, 2- Huomen, 3- Revontulet, 4- Hallavedet, 5- Etïsyyksien taa, 6- Lauluni Sinulle, 7- Taival, 8- Souto

Here is Tenhi´s debut album called "Kauan". This is music that can be labeled as extremely dark acoustic music. The music here, whose lyrics are completely in finnish (which adds a more cryptic atmosphere to the songs), is completely full of acoustic passages, melodies conceived to wake up the feelings of sadness in the listener. If I had to associate the music of this band with a color I would have chosen grey....or maybe the color that the cover has with that trees and that nebel...How depressive and beautiful are this guys at the same time !! And how deep is their music!! Can be call it folk? Well, if finnish folk music is so dark then we can call it like that. But I think that the most apropriate way to describe their music is as atmospheric and with a stron emphasis on melodies and anguished vocals. Fully recommended. Favorite tracks: The whole album. Contact: www.prophecyproductions.de