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While the greater part of the album is devoted to quiet, introspective songs and tunes, Cronshaw stretches
himself on a few tracks, particularly the energetic, gritty title piece that features the unique sub-verbal
growlings of one of Finland's national treasures, vocalist Heikki Laitinen, colliding and swirling with the
instruments like a Bosch landscape. He also offers some marches and dance tunes, including the lovely and
lively "Halullinen Seilu" (The Lustful Soul) that features the previously mentioned layering; a foundation of
gut-stringed kantele played by Hannu Saha is expanded with whistles, marovany (a Malagasy harp),
shrieking reeds and wailing voices. Andrew Cronshaw may not be prolific, but each of these fourteen songs is worthy of
the waiting." - CF, RootsWorld
"a serene sense of purity beyond the realms of anything else most people have in their collections, yet paradoxically sounding familiar enough to be welcoming too." - Colin Irwin, fROOTS
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