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Clearly, it's ELÄKELÄISET from Finland.
HUMPPAKALMISTO is the band's sixteenth album!
For 20 years, these crazy Finns have been around, and during that time, they have found Humppa fans all over Europe who pilgrimage to their concerts every year when the band is on tour, like a pilgrimage. It truly is something like a cult celebration when the band plays. You feel like a little child every time, grinning, dancing, laughing, and wondering how a band can create so much fantastic nonsense on stage.
The band's last albums, which only play cover versions, are so transformed in their own Humppa style that often the original is hardly recognizable. They were not considered the best records by the fans. Where once disco hits from the '80s, '90s, and the best of today were Humppa-fied, the last albums featured more well-known hits from the respective years. Some songs were excellently processed, like The Hives' “Walk Idiot Walk,” but there were also quite a few mediocre ones.
Accordingly, I was curious whether this album would be the same.
In short, ELÄKELÄISET have returned to their old strength!
The songs played here in Humppa include classics like “La Bamba” and “Guantanamera.” I won't name more songs; after all, that's part of the fun, the shared guessing of songs.
The crazy Finns are going Back to the Roots with HUMPPAKALMISTO. This is a good sign after their performance for the qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest and the possibly suspected signs of fatigue. The crazies still have it, and they are showing it to all the doubters.
Even if they don't drink as much on stage as they did in their younger years, they still know how to excite the crowds live. Everyone can verify this on the tour taking place next year. After listening to this album, I can only say that using the advance ticket sales provides security.
The five Finnish retirees are far from being in the grave,
or ELÄKELÄISET eivät ole vielä HUMPPAKALMISTO.
Thank you very much, ELÄKELÄISET!
