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The perfect trio
They are coming right at you. Gut-churning melancholy and face-melting energy their main weapons. Embrace the devastation known as Lapko.
The band has cultivated its frenetic sound for over a dozen years. Three guys, friends since they were kids in the small town of Harjavalta, have welded into a tight-knit unit. Every piece holds the others together. Lapko’s perfect trio of Malja (guitar and vocals), Nordberg (bass) and Heikkonen (drums) first pricked ears with energetic live shows. Then the release of the EP Your Special K.O. (Lapko, 2003) and debut album The Arms (Jukeboss, 2004) introduced a hungry band.
The music’s evolution from punk to explosive yet heart-wrenching rock still continues. The basics remain: sharp drumming and tight basslines are the steady spine with dizzying guitars and desperate vocals branching out like the nervous system. Second album Scandal (Fullsteam, 2006) took Lapko to number two in the Finnish album charts. The reputation as a fierce live band continued to grow in Finland, around Europe and in the US. Third album Young Desire (Fullsteam, 2007) added more depth and vulnerability to Lapko’s aggressive melancholy.
Since then the restless will to make sense of modern madness triggered these two art-school dropouts and one metal worker to make a statement of an album. The bold opening single I Shot The Sheriff with a video shot in Brooklyn leads the way to an album released throughout Europe in March 2010.
In July 2009 Lapko crossed the Atlantic and set camp in Woodstock, New York. Producer D.
They are coming right at you. Gut-churning melancholy and face-melting energy their main weapons. Embrace the devastation known as Lapko.
The band has cultivated its frenetic sound for over a dozen years. Three guys, friends since they were kids in the small town of Harjavalta, have welded into a tight-knit unit. Every piece holds the others together. Lapko’s perfect trio of Malja (guitar and vocals), Nordberg (bass) and Heikkonen (drums) first pricked ears with energetic live shows. Then the release of the EP Your Special K.O. (Lapko, 2003) and debut album The Arms (Jukeboss, 2004) introduced a hungry band.
The music’s evolution from punk to explosive yet heart-wrenching rock still continues. The basics remain: sharp drumming and tight basslines are the steady spine with dizzying guitars and desperate vocals branching out like the nervous system. Second album Scandal (Fullsteam, 2006) took Lapko to number two in the Finnish album charts. The reputation as a fierce live band continued to grow in Finland, around Europe and in the US. Third album Young Desire (Fullsteam, 2007) added more depth and vulnerability to Lapko’s aggressive melancholy.
Since then the restless will to make sense of modern madness triggered these two art-school dropouts and one metal worker to make a statement of an album. The bold opening single I Shot The Sheriff with a video shot in Brooklyn leads the way to an album released throughout Europe in March 2010.
In July 2009 Lapko crossed the Atlantic and set camp in Woodstock, New York. Producer D.
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mnilu wrote:
I Shot the Sheriff is AWESOME ♥ [4]
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GreenCharlotte wrote:
I Shot the Sheriff is AWESOME ♥ [3]
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midori21 wrote:
I Shot the Sheriff is AWESOME ♥ [2]
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wrelqa wrote:
The I Shot The Sheriff mp3 is very bad quality, I suggest that you get the wav. from their myspace because it sounds like it should. Otherwise it's a basic good Lapko song, I guess.
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Jakei wrote:
I Shot the Sheriff is AWESOME ♥
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Scarab_Bonku wrote:
Only this indie band I like... Other are so ... bad?
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Chriissaey wrote:
They are so f***ing amazing *_*
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MarsAsAGirl wrote:
I must say, I would love to see this band live. If they ever came down my way I would celebrate thoroughly. Also, I anticipate a new album. Anyone know of any news from the band?
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pickledelephant wrote:
You gotta love those Finnish musicians. Lapko is my absolute favourite of them all. It's a good thing that I attended Marilyn Manson concert in Tallinn two years ago, where they were a warm-up band, otherwise.. who knows.
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jacomojoyce wrote:
f*cking amazing! *____*
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Scarab_Bonku wrote:
I like only Young Desire & The Arms - other Cds aren't good ... for me
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ANNnineteen wrote:
They're aaaaawsome!
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Yuri_Jones wrote:
I'm amazed
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midori21 wrote:
aa en malta oottaa tota uutta levyä!
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sidley wrote:
lapko only sounds like lapko :D
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PuddyBuddy wrote:
It sounds alot like placebo
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OriginMe wrote:
Очень понравилось
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livingRman wrote:
Love this band!
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mace40 wrote:
Other than the relative Nordic placement, what makes these guys similar to Mew? I like it, but it's not reminiscent of Mew at all.
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norris6969 wrote:
dope shit, yo
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