A Girl Named Wolf

Bare Bones Chamber Pop. Pump Organ Art Punk. Forever in motion. Still. Her name is Vuk.

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We spent last night in Tyrnävä after Riitaoja's show in Oulu. 3am sunrise.

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Recording with Stina Koistinen of Color Dolor! She was once my mom's most gifted 7-year-old piano student.

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So, I wrote this song the other day and figured you might like to watch my incredibly attractive dancer-roommate, Anna Maria Häkkinen, spin a hula hoop for minutes on end while you listen to it. Incidentally, this is my FIRST MUSIC VIDEO EVER. The song is called "The Split Side Sings." You're welcome!

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Recording drums for my new album at Kaapelitehdas with Niko Votkin. Something is rattling in the bass drum.

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Soundchecking with Riitaoja for tonight's record release show!

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Riitaoja at Lepakkomies no 3: "Hengitän."

This is one of my favorite songs we've done so far.

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Riitaoja live at Lepakkomies: "Lusimaan." All three videos shot by Anna Veltheim.

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"Pelkäätkö pimeää" and "Nukahdan kesken ilmalennon" from last night's Riitaoja show! More to come.

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Another pic of Riitaoja at Lepakkomies, by Tiina Jutila.

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Riitaoja at Lepakkomies, Helsinki, March 7th 2013. First show with Vuk as lead vocalist. Photo by Tiina Jutila.

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Riitaoja encore lyric cheat sheet.

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"Vähän matkaa vielä" from the upcoming Riitaoja album "Mantereelle." Vuk on vocals.

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I’ve been hiding out, singing in a wonderful Finnish band called Riitaoja for the past few months, and we’re about to emerge from the darkness of the collective unconscious into the world with a full-length album called “Mantereelle,” out on Svart Records in April. Rumba just posted two songs for your listening pleasure, “Vähän matkaa vielä,” sung by me, and “Mantereelle,” sung by my brilliant colleague Janne Westerlund (of Circle, Sweetheart, and a host of other great bands). Listen to them here.

Oh yeah. This album has two singers. Why don’t people do that more often?

Our first show will be at Lepakkomies in Helsinki, on March 7th.

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German Expressionist shadows and interior design in my new apartment.

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Now, I don’t usually feel comfortable posting pictures or name-dropping like this, but I’d like to make an exception and take a moment to express how impressed I am with this wonderful artist named Josh Tillman, aka. Father John Misty. Sure, I’m one of the hoards of women left swooning for days after seeing his live show, but beyond that, I feel I have a tremendous amount to learn from his irreverent, eloquent, morbid humor and charismatic stage-presence. This man is a true original, and sharp as a tack. Go see him on tour while the seeing is good!

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The sun inside.

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Recording in my cave on a Saturday night.