The second album of Lighthouse Sparrows, “Sacred Loops” is released (26.10.2016). The team is more or less the same as before: me (Sami Sarhamaa) on guitar, bass, vocals and programming, Olli Huhtanen on keys and vocals , Miri Miettinen on drums and Ella Eriksson + Valtteri Tuominen on backing vocals. The new faces are Tuomas Rauhala who plays drums on 3 songs (Timeless, Time’s Up and Spacetime) and Satu Wilkman who sings backing vocals.
The album has 9 tracks, all composed and arranged by Olli and me. The lyrics deal mostly with the different aspects of time.
Yup, Lighthouse Sparrows “Dark Matter” saga continues ;-). Another ep with 4 songs is out the gate. 3 songs from the same sessions as “Alpha” and one new, Dent de Lions. In the original batch there was a song called “Dandelions”; the text was fine but the song itself lacked something, so a new one was made. It’s a sort of continuation of our quest to expand our horizons. As You can imagine, we’re still quite solidly rooted in the sounds and feelings of our formative years so no huge departure there. But at least another decade ;-), we dip into the emotive soundscape of trip hop with this one. But hey, check for yourself:
It certainly took a while. “Aerials” was released in January 2022. Rest of ’22 was spent on other stuff ie. work etc. Around 10 songs were composed and arranged in ’23. We were keen to have a release out sooner rather than later so it was decided to split the material into two parts, two ep’s.
The single from upcoming album “Little Things” is out. Spotify – Apple Music.
Withering is, according to my focus group 😁, the most accessible of the 10 songs from the album. It’s also the only one where I had a writing partner, Jani Rämö. Jani kindly handed me a bunch of his lyrics quite a few years back and I’ve used them copiously all over my projects, namely Liquid Wolf‘s Second Wind parts 1 and 2 plus Flipside’s second ep Dead Light. The crew in the song is the same as most of the album: Sami Kuoppamäki on drums, me on lead vocals, guitars, bass and keys and Ella Eriksson (ellaella) and Valtteri Tuominen on backing vocals.
an active time, at least for me. I don’t have the nerve to just sit around for more than few days. So I’ve managed to finalise the SStB’s “Little Things”, it will be released late August. First serving will be single “Withering”, due 4th of August. Here’s the cover:
I’m mighty pleased with the album. It feels new and fresh compared to the earlier SStB releases, not to belittle them in any way. Aki Sihvonen, my co-producer lent an invaluable hand in weeding out the right material from my demos and giving sound advice when ever needed. More on this closer to the release, basic SStB info can of course be found here.
Lighthouse Sparrows new EP or some such is moving along nicely as well. We have 8 songs in pretty good shape. We’ve managed to hack the arrangements and most of melodies/lyrics into good shape and Miri has this time around played demo drums for most of the songs which of course helps a lot. During these last weeks we’ve gone thru the songs a second time and should be ready to start recording (as much as is needed) properly during July. We’re planning to release one EP of probably 4 songs late spring/early winter and either compose/arrange etc more songs for a full lenght album or keep releasing EP’s, we’ll see.
Yes, ’tis the season. This one has been in the making for a looooong time. First sessions were in 1984, the last ones 2021. So, it’s the second album of Chapter One, the important band of my youth. We were active from 1983 to 1985, did quite a few gigs and had a great time learning our skills. I decided to produce some songs of ours that didn’t get recorded back then. Hannu graciously agreed and we started in 2015. The project, after a good start, took a long pause. In 2019 it was time to continue. Besides Hannu also Jouni and Jukka participated and we managed to get four songs done. This would not have been possible without the priceless help of my “secret” ace in the hole, Teijo Tikkanen, who played drums and piano on the new songs. The last link in the chain was Riikka Muikku who designed and executed the beautiful artwork of the sleeve. We also gathered all the relevant info to a new website, aptly named chapterone.fi. So I hope You enjoy it!
Yes, the digital version was released last friday ie. 14012022. Woohoo! The double vinyl should arrive within a month. The track listing is:
Bates Assimilate Moodswings Kibitzer No Still Moment Elephant Like Blood Itinerant Safe and Sound Percolator Youth
Here’s Spotify:
AERIALS on Spotify
On the vinyl edition song order is different due to the limitations of time/side. SO:
A: Bates – Assimilate – Moodswings – Itinerant B: Like Blood – Elephant – Youth C: Kibitzer – Safe and Sound – No Still Moment D: Percolator – Premonition (vinyl bonus)
The crew is the same as it has been, Olli on vocals and keys, Sami on vocals, guitar and bass plus our fixed guests Miri Miettinen on drums and Ella Eriksson on backing vocals.
Sorry for the long absence. I’ve been flooded with work…Did the “Anna mulle Lovee”, mixed “Järven Tarina”, “Onnenonkija” and some other movies, did a mix of “Black Widows” (Scandinavian remake, 8 episodes) and some episodes of “Bordertown” etc etc. Luckily I’ve managed to squeeze time for Liquid Wolf (Drums with Kuoppis = done, brass with Pepa = almost done) and my newest pet project, Inertia. Inertia is old friends Tipi (FlipSide) on bass, Tomi “Laatu” Laaksonen (Kataya Live, KuDos) on drums and my fellow sound designer/musician Janne Laine on guitar. I’m doing some gtrs, keys and lead vocals. We’ve managed to whip 5-6 songs into shape and it’s been a hoot! Hope to have some recordings soon…Will start mixing LW with Samu this month, I hope!
