We know it's been a lot of talk about Finnish bands recently, but here's our first live recording of an artist singing in Finnish. Exotic? Yes actually. If you think Swedes and Finns are about the same, the language will tell you the difference. Regina is "one of the crown royals of new Finnish pop. Their recent single Jos et sä soita is fresh pop at its best, and holds great promise for the upcoming follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2009 album “Puutarhatrilogia”.

"Regina formed in 2005 when Iisa and Mikko Pykäri started making early demos in their living room in Tampere, a largely industrial town that is often called "the Manchester of Finland" due to the disproportionate number of rock bands it has produced. Once Mikko Rissanen joined on drums and the group solidified as a trio, they moved to Helsinki and quickly started receiving -universal accolades in their home country, including a nomination for the Emma award (the Finnish equivalent of the Grammy award) and rave reviews from nearly every magazine in the country. The band recorded and produced "Puutarhatrilogia" - a loosely-structured allegory using the garden as a metaphor for the human mind - entirely in their home studio, digging deep into their love of both modern pop music and a wealth of lesser-known ethnic musical traditions to create a sound that possesses an element of magical realism and sometimes even extends its reach into pure fantasy." Altsounds.com

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