Soliti Newsletter: 2013 so far

2013 began with the Soliti Roadshow, during which several bands from the Soliti roster played 3 
Finnish cities on 3 days in January.

Astrid Swan, The New Tigers, Cats On Fire, Paperfangs, Big Wave Riders and Delay Trees
played to enthusiastic audiences in Tampere, Turku and the capital Helsinki. The event was well 
covered in the finnish media.

"the stereo image was immersive and psychedelic, at the same time simple and imaginative.” -HS.fi
Helsingin Sanomat Review.

In February Black Twig and Delay Trees played the Norwegian By:Larm festival where
both bands played to great crowds winning over many new friends.
Gaffa's Story About It.

Soon after Paperfangs released their praised debut album Past Perfect (Soliti 012).

"Ten perfect nuggets of dream pop to get you through the last of the winter. You owe it to yourself 
to investigate Past Perfect."-Prefix Magazine.

NGRM.

The band played their album launch show at the new Soliti Club which ran monthly from Bar loose 
between February & May.

In early March Delay Trees released their second album Doze (Soliti 011) digitally worldwide.

"This is what beauty sounds like:” -Sue Magazine.

Soundi Magazine.

The Interview In Prefix Magazine.

March also saw band played their first London show ever(!) at the Nordic flavoured 
JaJaJa evening and be interviewed by The Line Of Best Fit.

Cats on Fire

Cats On Fire's The Sea Within You -video delighted the world on the 26th of March. It was the second 
collaboration between the band and Appu Jasu, who directed their After The Fact video.

Stories in In Between Songs Magazine and Rumba.

When April began, The New Tigers released a dashing new single Quicksilver.

   
The Story In Rumba Magazine.

April also saw the release of the debut album from dark psych punks Black Lizard.
The s/t album (Soliti 014) saw the band work with Brian Jonestown Massacre leader
Anton Newcombe on several tracks and was mastered by Sonic Boom of Spaceman 3.

Listen to the single Love Is A Lie 
   
”nothing short of stunning”-HS.fi

”Black Lizard is a unique record in the history of Finnish rock.” - All Ears 

In mid-April the whole Soliti back-catalog became available on
streaming services  Spotify and Deezer.

In May, Soliti dipped it's toe into English waters and introduced some of it's bands to the UK, via their 
Club Soliti show in London! 
Black Twig, The New Tigers & Big Wave Riders played the Soliti night amongst other London shows.

The same week Big Wave Riders were joined by Black Lizard to play The Great Escape Festival in 
Brighton.

Prefix Magazine wrote about it.

In May our ears were delighted by a stand alone single from Astrid Swan. 

Listen to In My Own House (Soliti 015) 
   
”an intense and atmospheric song, in which a piano ballad builds into a fierce 
climax of percussion and synth.” Ja Ja Ja Magazine

As May continued, Big Wave Riders released their self directed clip for Life Is Art, You Wonder -video.

”Matching flecks of psychedelia to rhythms that recall the heyday of baggy, this is simply great fun.”
- Clash Music

As summer arrived, so did the time for celebration. In June, Soliti turned two years old! Hurrah! 
A compilation of material from all the Soliti bands was gathered: Soliti Turns Two : Odds, Sods & 
Found Sounds (Soliti 016), a package of never-before-heard delightfulness. 

Have a listen here:
   

All Scandinavian, We Never Stood A Chance, Rumba and Noise among many others made a note of it.

Soon after Black Lizard released a new single/video from their debut album.

Watch Boundaries here.

"Black Lizard bring you their take on this genre with a great little ditty mixed with that 80’s classic, 
shoegaze, expertly blending the two genres to produce this slice of stoner heaven, all set on what 
appears to be a Finnish beach – nippy!" -Ja Ja Ja Music

 
Coming up from Soliti in the second half of 2013

Black Lizard gigs:

05.07. Ruisrock Festival, Turku
17.07. Tammerfest, Tampere (+ K-X-P, Husky Rescue)
26.07. 45 Special (Qstock-jatkoklubi), Oulu
10.08. Flow Festival, Helsinki
31.08. Lutakko Liekeissä Festival, Jyväskylä
13.09. Bad Vibrations @ The Macbeth, London, UK
21.09. Henry's Pub, Kuopio
12.10. Bar Edgars, Loimaa
18.10. Lost in Music Festival, Tampere

Big Wave Riders gigs:

19.07. Valoa Pop Up @ Laikunlava, Tampere
20.07. Hippiknik, Vaasa

New album releases from The New Tigers, Astrid Swan & Delay Trees this autumn/winter.

We might be hearing some new material from Black Lizard, Black Twig, Cats On Fire & Big Wave Riders!

Soliti goes international (more news soon)

New signings...

New Soliti club dates...

Watch this space!!!!!

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