Poets of the Fall – Rebirth 2020
Rebirth… the song I wake up to every morning; Rebirth… the song one of my friends call sad & hopeless, but which I cannot help feeling joy and warmth when I hear it… Rebirth: the song that I cannot be without, ever. I’ve been working on this article for over a week, and it has never been so hard to write about a Poets of the Fall song. There is something strange at work when Rebirth is playing. I have been listening to the song a whole morning but I’ve been drawing a blank… like being numb. This is the only song from Poets of the Fall that has such…
Poets of the Fall – Children of the Sun 2020
The experience of listening before watching worked so well before that I renewed it with Children of the Sun 10th episode of Poets of the Fall Alexander Theatre Sessions. As I always get overenthusiastic with everything that has to do with Poets of the Fall I tend to be a bit forgetful about let’s say: video descriptions 😉 So, when I heard the strings at the beginning of Children of the Sun, I thought to myself, cool Captain found a way to add strings with his magical wand… or something, which sounds totally bonkers, but not totally impossible you’d have to agree. Anyhow, I listened to Children of the Sun…
Poets of the Fall – Jealous Gods 2020
Jealous Gods… Episode 9 of the Poets of the Fall Alexander Theatre Sessions. Dear Markus, Dear Marko, I wanted to write this whole post in a letter-type style, but it turned out to be a bit too impractical. As it is your last session, just the two of you on stage, I thought I’d make this post a bit more special… even if it turns out to be weirder than more special :D. I missed the premiere, again. This time, I was on a short vacation in my home country: France. I checked the video while preparing my dad’s birthday party, so I did not really pay attention the way…
Poets of the Fall – Lift 2020
Now they’ve gone and done it again! Poets of the Fall‘s Alexander Theatre truly are a blast: my favourite time of the month. As expected and to my greatest joy, Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen was back at the grand piano to play Lift. It is a treat indeed, Tiia! Before I go on with my usual – uncensored – praises, I have to bring up a flat… not a big or a bad one… just a teeny-tiny-weensy one, besides I love the mood flats bring to music, so don’t bite my head off before you read it all. Source: All the photos in this article are either screenshots from the video,…
Poets of the Fall – False Kings 2020
False Kings is Poets of the Fall‘s first single that preceded the release of their 8th album Ultraviolet in 2018. After a melody that could have very well been used for a James Bond movie, it feels almost anti-climatic to get an acoustic version at the Alexander Theatre. Be that as it may, same melody but completely different atmosphere which I like very much. The feel of the music is, to me, a bit Mediterranean… had they shot the video on a beach or at the terrace of a cafe in the South of France, it would have been quite fitting… maybe not with the lyrics though 😆 Soft spot…
Poets of the Fall – Angel 2020
Angel is one of my favorite songs from Poets of the Fall‘s latest album, Ultraviolet, released in 2018. Last year, I wrote an article about it, but The Alexander Theatre Sessions give me a great excuse to revisit the song. The grand piano added raw emotions to Angel Compared to the album version of Angel, The Alexander Theatre one is stripped to a bare minimum for maximum impact. One piano, one voice… and before I start talking about Marko Saaresto singing, let me just relish in Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen‘s piano. This is the first time Markus appears on the videos, and for me, that was the first time I saw…
