Softwood Music Under Slow Pillars

Infobox Album
Name = Softwood Music Under Slow Pillars
Type = studio
Artist = Sielun Veljet


Released = 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock
Length = 36:29
Label = Poko Records
Producer = Riku Mattila
Reviews =
* "Soundi" Rating|4|5 [http://www.soundi.fi/arvostelut?nid=1578 link]
Last album = "Suomi-Finland" (1988)
This album = "Softwood Music Under Slow Pillars" (1989)
Next album =

"Softwood Music Under Slow Pillars" (or simply "Softwood Music") is the seventh album of Sielun Veljet, released in 1989. It is the band's only English language album released as Sielun Veljet. The band had already released two English language recordings, the "Ritual" EP in 1986 and "Shit-Hot" in 1987, consisting of re-recorded versions of their songs with the lyrics translated to English, but this was the first time that the music was originally written in English.http://pomus.net/001788 - Retrieved on April 11 2008]

Sielun Veljet had already been exploring foreign markets and even toured in Europe and the Soviet Union in 1987, but "Softwood Music" was only released in Finland, and even there it sold poorly. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=SIELUN|VELJET&sql=11:hbfuxqerldse~T1 - Retrieved on April 11 2008] It differs from previous Sielun Veljet albums by being acoustic and containing influences from Indian music.

The album's cover art was painted by Peruvian artist Pablo Amaringo. [http://www.discogs.com/release/595516 - Retrieved April 11 2008]

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Sielun Veljet. [http://www.yle.fi/aanilevysto/firs2/levymerkki.php?Id=Poko+rekords+p%E4lp+106+%28+lp+%29 - Retrieved on April 10 2008]
# "Mushroom Moon" -- 3:23
# "I Wanna Be a Frog" -- 2:16
# "Life Is a Cobra" -- 3:05
# "Woe! The Maiden of My Heart" -- 2:19
# "Immortal Bliss" -- 2:51
# "Evil Kübl" -- 3:38
# "Vicious Waltz" -- 2:45
# "Hey-Ho, Red Banana!" -- 1:58
# "The Beast Has Taken Over in My Mind Again" -- 4:27
# "Old Masterpiece" -- 2:02
# "Kerala" -- 4:25
# "Living in a Twisted World" -- 3:10

Personnel

* Ismo Alanko -- vocals, guitar, cello
* Jukka Orma -- guitar, strings
* Jouko Hohko -- bass
* Alf Forsman -- drums, percussions
* Karri Koivukoski -- viola
* Jaakko Vuornos -- violin
* Salla Salmenkallio -- violin [http://www.discogs.com/release/595516 - Retrieved on April 10 2008]

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