Vuk is a Finnish/US group well really it’s this girl who borrows her mates, as and when, to make some extraordinary music. She is basically an experimental artist, playing all sorts of instruments and other sound making objects, but mainly her distinctive pump organ. Exploring in-the-world and out-of-the-world themes of connection and experience, working within ghost versions of blues and gospel and chanson and various other forms.
Her curiosity seems limitless; she seems willing to make use of sounds and styles from anywhere. Vuk’s music conjures up detached and distanced moods, often old pains or wistfully remembered joys. The main reward of listening to Vuk’s songs is surprise; surprise sometimes at hearing familiar kinds of song go in odd directions disassembling your ideas, or simply surprise at the pictures and worlds she makes out of such simple sounds. Two albums: the first, Exile!, dates back to 2003, and The Plains which would have been with us before now, if her record company hadn’t ‘imploded’, as she put it. In the meantime, an ep of covers of Finnish band Maj Karma was released, though only in Finland. It seems a deal has been done to release The Plains this April. So glad to hear that, a lot of people put a lot of love and care into it.
The Plains
The PlainsHow on earth can I list an album which doesn’t exist? Well, it does, in a way. It’s recorded, and has been lying around unreleased for some time. However, it is due at last 22 April. Should I be crossing my fingers about that? I’ve already paid for it, so I feel confident enough to count an egg or two, if not an actual whole chicken. You can hear some of the album tracks there. My favourite of the ones currently up is Flint In The Pines. I keep going back to listen to these songs. But I really, really want to have the proper shiny disk in my hands, and if the rest of the songs are as intoxicating, seductive and intriguing as the first few then it will be a thing to treasure indeed.
1.Flint in The Pines
2. The Arms of Spirits
3. Red-beard
4. Accidental Mermaid
5. Gramophone and Periscope
6. Barefoot in Arizona
7. Kiss The Assassin
8. All My Worries
9. The Plains
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