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Review of the most interesting albums of 2/2025

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14.8.2025
Review of the most interesting albums of 2/2025
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Source: AVPlussan valinnat eri medioissa julkaistuista levyarvioista

Charli XCX: Brat

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Genre: Pop, Hyperpop, Electropop
Publisher: Atlantic

Between club mania and vulnerability

In Helsingin Sanomat (11–13 June 2024), Joonas Lahtinen assessed Charli XCX’s new album Brat as a four-star masterpiece. According to him, the album takes the listener from the frenetic pace of a club to the heartaches of personal emotions such as falling in love, the turmoil of heartbreak, and self-esteem issues. Lahtinen describes the album as an “self-esteem pill” that makes the glamour relatable and transforms even the streets of everyday life into a catwalk.

Key role is played by hyperpop producer A.G. Cook, whose fast-paced synths and energy make the album suitable for the TikTok era. George Daniel and Finn Keane are also featured. According to Lahti, Everything Is Romantic and So I bring beautiful and melancholic tones, while Mean Girls plays with humorous rebellion. The singles Von Dutch stands out as a relentless club banger and B2B as a clever verbal play between love and DJ culture.

The particularly personal moment is "I Think About It All the Time", in which Charli openly discusses motherhood and the regulation of fertility. The album ends with a 365-track track that, according to Lahtinen, leaves the listener in the middle of chaos as a dark climax of frustration.

Arvio Helsingin Sanomissa 11.6.2024, päivitetty 13.6.2024. Kirjoittanut: Joonas Lahtinen

Lyyti: I'll make a place for you

Lyyti album

Genre: Pop, indie
Publisher: Johanna Publishing

A magical ensemble combines fairytale elements with the everyday nuances of life

In Helsingin Sanomat's review, Lydia Lehtola's (known as Lyyti) fourth album Pidän sulle paikkaa (I'll make a place for you) appears like a novel, with pages glowing with light and where small animals live inside mushrooms. According to the critic, the album's opening track Jos et kerro kellekään calls on the listener to discover the secret, and many of the songs deal with feelings of alienation and friendship. In Singless Tuolileikki Lyyti summarizes the experiences of a website follower, while Runotyttö describes the journey and challenges of the music creator and his path to fame.

Lyyti has produced a number of impressive, time-consuming songs. On this album there are more of them, but at the same time the release relies more on the magical overall picture.
The review praises the album’s cohesive and thoughtful composition, which is built from a mix of traditional band sounds, orchestral instruments, and electronic effects. Helm highlights tracks like “Paras ystävä” and the single “Jos tää on unta.” The lyrics of Lyyti receive special attention: its conversational, bubbly, and smiling expression makes the songs come alive. Overall, the album is hopeful, forward-looking, and magical, building its own musical world.

Report in Helsingin Sanomat on September 5, 2025. Written by Sara Harju

Blood Orange: Essex Honey

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Genre: Pop, R&B
Publisher: RCA Records

Unique shades and the power of visitors in the soundscape of London's streets

Blood Orangen, or Dev Hynes's new album Essex Honey, gets four stars in the Helsingin Sanomat review. The album immediately builds the atmosphere of rainy London with its whimsical characters and warm Stratocaster guitars. The critic describes the whole thing more as an aesthetic experience than as individual songs – the work opens up better with multiple listens.

Especially noteworthy are "Somewhere In Between", which exudes a Stevie Wonder vibe with its harmonica melodies, and the two strongest tracks: "The Field" and "Mind Loaded". On these tracks, we hear guests such as Caroline Polachek and Mustafa, whose voices blend beautifully into Hynes' own world. "The Field" sounds refreshing as a cool ambient track, while "Mind Loaded" builds around a rugged riff and melancholic urban emptiness.

The album has plenty of collaborations, but the overall sound remains coherent and radiates the joy of working together. Among the guests is Turnstile's Brendan Yates, whose voice brings a gritty shoegaze dimension to the song "Scared Of It".

According to the assessment, Essex Honey also works excellently as background music – but at its best it is a delicious, diverse, and beautifully sounding album that deserves to be heard.

Arvio Helsingin Sanomissa 8.9.2025. Kirjoittanut Joonas Lahtinen

Anna B Savage: You and I Are Earth

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Genre: Indie folk, folk-sinfonia
Julkaisija: City Slang ?

Lämmin ja lohdullinen levyllinen hiljaisuutta ja huokauksia

Soundin tammikuun 2025 numerossa Lotta Savolainen kirjoittaa lontoolaisen laulaja-lauluntekijän Anna B Savagen kolmannesta albumista You and I Are Earth poikkeuksellisen lempeään sävyyn. Levy avautuu sanoilla ”Talk to me / tell me about the sea again”, ja jo ensimmäisistä säkeistä lähtien kuulija pääsee syvälle intiimiin, melankoliseen mutta toiveikkaaseen äänimaailmaan.

Savolainen kuvaa albumin tunnelmaa kuin olisi lomalla merenrantamökissä: “Tuntuu, että makaan hänen vierellään, pää hänen sylissään.” Musiikissa yhdistyvät heleät akustiset kitarat, pehmeästi soiva piano, lämmin kontrabasso ja haikeat puupuhaltimet – kaikki rakentavat elävää ja hengittävää maisemaa, jota hän luonnehtii jopa ”folksinfoniaksi”.

Levy on yksinkertaisesti kaunis ja eheä kokonaisuus, joka Savolaisen mukaan saa sykkeen laskemaan ja auttaa unohtamaan arjen kiireet. Se on täydellistä musiikkia pimeisiin iltoihin, hetkiin, jolloin haluaa vain olla hiljaa ja kuunnella.

Kohokohtia ovat aloitusraita Talk to Me, irlantilaissävyinen Mo Cheol Thú ja ennen kaikkea koko levyn lämmin, ilmava tuotanto. Savolainen toteaa, että albumi saa hänet pohtimaan taiteen kykyä rakentaa uusi todellisuus – paikka, jossa voi vain olla. You and I Are Earth ei tee numeroa itsestään, vaan luo huomaamatta tilan, jossa voi levätä.

Arvio Soundissa 1/2025. Kirjoittanut: Lotta Savolainen.

Tuomo & Markus and Verneri Pohjola: Music For Roads

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Genre: Americana, jazz
Julkaisija: Grandpop Records

Instrumentaalinen mielikuvamatka jazzin ja americanan välimaastossa

Jussi Niemi kirjoittaa Helsingin Sanomissa Tuomo & Markuksen ja trumpetisti Verneri Pohjolan yhteisalbumista Music For Roads, joka syntyi pandemian keskellä, matkustamisen sijaan muistojen ja mielikuvien pohjalta. Vaikka kansikuva ja levyn nimi vihjaavat reissaamisesta, sävellykset ovat syntyneet kotimaassa ja kuvaavat tuttuja pohjoisamerikkalaisia maisemia Appalakkien vuoristosta Oklahoman Deep Deuceen.

Verneri Pohjolan rooli levyllä on merkittävä: hän on yksi kolmesta säveltäjästä ja tärkein solisti. Niemen mukaan Pohjolan osuus on niin keskeinen, että levy kuulostaa paikoin hänen soolotuotannoltaan. Lauluosuudet on jätetty pois yhtä lausuttua bonusraitaa lukuun ottamatta, mikä korostaa soiton kerronnallista voimaa.

Niemi luonnehtii albumin tyyliä juurevaksi americana-jazziksi, jossa on vaikutteita myös psykedeelisestä indie folkista. Highway One Loop -kappale kiteyttää levyn monikerroksisen ja immersiivisen äänimaiseman. Music For Roads on Niemen mukaan harkittu, sanaton ja tunnelmallinen sivupolku yhtyeen uralla.

Arvio Helsingin Sanomissa, 10.4.2025. Kirjoittanut Jussi Niemi.​

FKA twigs: EUSEXUA

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Genre: Electronic / Pop/R&B
Julkaisija: Atlantic / Young

Twigsin tanssilattialta löytyvä ydinhetki

Rich Juzwiak kirjoittaa Pitchforkin arviossa FKA twigsin kolmannesta albumista EUSEXUA, joka on sekä käsitteellinen taideteos että elektronisen popin huipennus. Albumi perustuu twigsin lanseeraamaan uuteen termiin ”eusexua”, joka viittaa hetkeen juuri ennen inspiraation tai nautinnon huippua – kuin ”orgasmin esivärähtely”, kuten artisti sen kuvailee Voguen haastattelussa.

Twigsin musiikillinen muodonmuutos tuo klubimusiikin hänen omaperäiseen ja sensuaaliseen maailmankuvaansa. Levyllä yhdistyvät teknon, housen, UK-garagen ja drum and bassin vaikutteet, mutta tuttuja popin rakenteita unohtamatta. Kappaleet kuten “Room of Fools” ja “Perfect Stranger” ovat klubihittejä, jotka tanssivat itsensä jatkuvasti uusiin muotoihin.

Twigsin ääni, jota Juzwiak kuvailee “äänelliseksi titaaniksi”, säilyy hänen musiikillisen ilmaisunsa ytimenä. Hän leikittelee laulutyyleillä ja kokeilee rajoja, mutta tekee sen taidokkaasti ja vakuuttavasti.

Juzwiakin mukaan EUSEXUA ei ole pelkkä tyylikokeilu, vaan kokonaisvaltainen visio, joka asemoituu popin ja taidepopin välimaastoon – samalla se on kenties FKA twigsin tähän asti lähimpänä pop-tähteyttä oleva hetki.

Arvio Pitchfork, 24.1.2025. Kirjoittanut: Rich Juzwiak.

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