Cats Of Transnistria - Divine (2016) EN

It's still Christmas time, let us then listen to some music from the most Christmas country where the lights are shining in the streets as early as in October - in Finland. First, something about cats. Cats of Transnistria is "a slow and deep duo from Helsinki". They create long, mesmerizing pieces showing how much they don't want to hurry to express their emotions. They also call their music "doom pop" which is very suitable. Because in their songs, just like for example in the opening Let It Happen This Way, pop-folk melodies and romantic backing vocals meet coarse post-rock backgrounds that makes you understand that not everything is in order. Or actually perhaps it is, in music, just like in life, it can't be too beautiful and sweet.

Henna Emilia Hietamäki sings about very delicate and personal things - about trust, about separation and about love (lovers are coming and going/are you here and are you mine?" - Feel the Divine). But together with the unsettling sounds of guitar (by Tuomas Alatalo) sounding like winter wind gain some extra layer - a universal context. Because it is not only my pain, we all go through things like this and we all feel such emotions. Its worth feeling them together with the Helsinki based band.

If anyone still has doubts what exactly is a cat or where Transnistria lies - CoT provide the information on their FB account in a very reliable way. We can also read that, as the band's friends report, cats were not spotted in Transnistria.

"Divine" was released by Soliti Records, the album costs 6 EUR.

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