ResurrectionSong is proud to introduce its new house band, Pormestarin tytär.

The name comes from the band’s obsession with an obscure, Finnish historical love story by Kaari Utrio. Why the band chose one of her least known and lesser--in all ways--works for their name remains a mystery and is likely explained by the band’s even bigger obsession with unearned literary snobbishness and the distinct possibility that none of the band members has actually read any of Kaari Utrio’s works.

The music of their latest album, Don’t Deserve That Either, is best described as banal with a distinct, James Taylor-esque sense of irritating self-importance. While the band members are not particularly accomplished and the production is inept, the strength of the album is in the slice-of-junkie-life vignettes and the ongoing, self-referential mythology typified in songs like “American Cowboys (Shooting Up on the Range).”

Truly brilliant.

What the hell am I talking about? Glad you asked; check out the extended entry to find out more.

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