New single from the forthcoming Burning Hearts´ album "Extinctions" (vinyl/CD/digital release date 1st of February 2012).
Scandinavian indie pop stalwarts Jessika Rapo (vocalist for Le Futur Pompiste, backing singer for Magenta Skycode) and Henry Ojala (ex-drummer for Cats on Fire and bassman for Magenta Skycode) teamed up to form the shambly, synthy duo Burning Hearts in 2006. Burning Hearts’ debut full-length, Aboa Sleeping, was released in early 2009. Aboa Sleeping received a very warm welcome and made it to the top albums of 2009 on many music blogs. Rapo and Ojala followed up the album’s release with a passel of live shows in Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm and New York City.
After releasing two singles in 2010, “Night Animal” and a cover of Arthur Russell’s “The Letter”, the duo decamped to the Finnish countryside in Ostrobothnia and recorded a four song EP, Into the Wilderness (Shelflife, June of 2011). The video for title track “Into the Wilderness”, based on a documentary about Alaskan grizzly bears, spread quickly over the blogosphere receiving a most warming welcome. The song was featured as mp3 and video of the day on spinner.com, and received several reviews in music media giving praise to the EP. In fall 2011 Johan Ekström and Niko Kivikangas joined the band as the live line-up was renewed. Burning Hearts played in Stockholm, Tallinn and did a few shows in Finland, only to return to the recording process. In July Burning Hearts was signed by Solina Records who, together with Shelflife (in North-America) will release the forthcoming album.
The second full-length album, “Extinctions”, will be released in 1st of February 2012. All nine songs were written and recorded in the Ostrobothnian environment proven to be inspiring. Extinctions was written as a consequence of many tragical stories that in a way or another touched the band. Quite a few of the songs are dedicated to persons or creatures that no longer exist. Even if human tragedies inpired the writing and death is present in nearly all the songs, the sound remains vivid and full of hope. http://burningheartsmusic.com/