
Finnish band Black Twig have just released their first album Paper Trees on Soliti . It's a tour de force through the back pages of big sounding guitar rock, conjuring the brilliant ringing guitars of early House of Love , the overwhelming power of the Catherine Wheel and the intensity of Bailter Space . Singer Aki Pohjankyro has a voice that sounds slightly whispered, but still strong which gives the songs an unearthly quality which really isn't necesarry since the twin guitar attack already lifts them pretty [...]