#maustetytöt

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Kuolleet lehdet / Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismäki. 2023

Concert Aleksis Kiven katu 14, 00500 Helsinki, Finland See in map

See in imdb

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

✨ Janne Hyytiäinen (mostly clips from Lights in the Dusk, 2006) ✨

[moviemosaics]

Fallen Leaves

directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 2023

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[albiclalepsza]

@finch-connor did you know that the band that shows up for that one scene in Fallen Leaves actually makes music and has three whole ass albums out and at least the one with a song from the movie slaps???

I have no clue what the fuck they're saying at any given moment but it sounds great

[amatesura]

Työläistrilogia & Suomi-trilogia - Maustetytöt - Eivät enkelitkään ilman siipiä lennä

[blodbranddod]

on repeat

[yungbowtie]

My new favorite band is this finnish duo called Maustetytöt because their music is really fun and catchy but who cares about that look at what their name translates to

[inheritance-beyond-genes]

31.05-04.06

Break.

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

guyyyyyys I didn't tell you about the Maustetytöt concert yet (don't think Ive forgotten about it ✌🏻)

so here's a not so short version of what happened: today a week ago we went to Cologne to see them in a beautiful hall full of hipsters and Finns. It looked amazing:

after a pretty long wait they came on the stage -without saying a word- and began playing songs from their most recent album (Maailman Onnellisin Kansa)

they played just so good *chef's kiss* it couldn't be better, also the sound acoustically had pure quality!!

I had many emotional moments that just touched my heart and made me cry because it was so wonderful...

thats me, their fancy groupie, finally get to see my idols 🖤🖤 coincidentally I dressed matching outfits with them which was niceee (yes I drank beer, not sorry, it was delicious)

the feeling is indescribable, I saw sooo many people dancing, vibing to that niche insider music. For three months this music was my obsession, my hyperfixation and it felt like the long awaited finale.

People were simply enjoying their lives, laughing, drinking, with friends or alone... and so did I: enjoyed every second

thanks to my mum & dad and a guy who gave us an additional ticket for free, I love you <33

[that's not everything!! By far!! I also got the chance to talk to Kaisa backstage and agzwjhegwzzwhwgqzgwfwgsgj *fangirling* I'll tell you tomorrow ^^]

[omg no way this was true. And already a week ago?!]

[yet-another-suomi-blogi]

Tähän päivään juuri sopiva biisi (ja kannattaa muutenkin tsekata uusin Maustetyttöjen albumi, on muuten tosi hyvä!)

[tiikerikani]

Yesterday I saw Maustetytöt, who couldn't be more polar opposite of Vesterinen in almost every dimension you can think of. The song arrangements are quite simple (after all it's just the two of them on guitar and keyboard), and the lyrics are very bleak (sample titles: "Cheap beer and OTC painkillers", "If I get run over by a long-distance bus") - though I think it is supposed to be ironic. It's certainly not for everyone.

It was kind of interesting noticing that Kaisa (keyboard and lead vocals) had a little spiral-bound notebook with a page she'd flip to for each song. Also how many knobs and buttons and sliders and everything one has to deal with to do all the effects and run the drum machine. (I'm just a simple pianist, ok.)

Very distinctive parts of their performance include the cold, empty gazes and completely deadpan delivery. They do crack some jokes between songs but never break character.

If they sound a lot like characters out of an Aki Kaurismäki film, you're 100% right! Indeed they make an appearance in Fallen Leaves (which I haven't seen yet but his films all have this unifying aesthetic). Maustetytöt still could be considered an indie act, though they have a bit of an international following because of the film appearance and are touring Germany next. I overheard more people speaking English here than I usually do seeing other bands.

(No set list because I don't actually know their songs at all but I've heard a couple of them maybe once. I bought all their albums though :))

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[striuk]

Me gustas pero no me soporto

Antes de ver la primera imagen escuchamos unos pitidos rítmicos, regulares, como el latido de un corazón interpretado por un electrocardiograma. Segundos después, descubrimos que los bips los emite una cajera de supermercado que escanea paquetes de carne cruda. En el cine de Aki Kaurismäki nada es arbitrario. La ilusión de los latidos nos da una pista de que, a pesar de las apariencias, Fallen Leaves cuenta una historia de amor. Los adeptos al finlandés sabemos que debajo de esa frialdad, existe un trasfondo dulce y romanticón que atiende los anhelos más humanos. 

En una Helsinki atemporal, Ansa, una mujer de mediana edad, rubia y solitaria, encadena trabajos precarios para sobrevivir en la capital. No muy lejos de allí, Holappa, un obrero larguirucho, sobrelleva la precariedad enganchado a la petaca. Una noche ambos coinciden en el karaoke y así comienza una serie de encuentros accidentados entre los enamorados que deberán sortear las jugarretas de la vida a fin de encontrarse. Pierden sus empleos y consiguen otros peores, vigilan su minúscula economía y se consuelan en el bar, ese escondite democratizador donde ocurre lo importante. El conflicto, por poner una traba, es el alcoholismo de Holappa. El proletario hundido debe abandonar sus viejos hábitos, renovarse, ante la posibilidad del amor.

Kaurismäki nos regala una fábula que revisita las obsesiones de su cine. Los milimetrados planos de color, la urbe gris, lo cotidiano, la camaradería entre iguales y un miserabilismo desafectado y cómico que nos es tan cercano. Con la edad, uno tiende a quedarse con lo esencial y a ponerle buena música, buen humor. La radio, el objeto mágico, detiene las intrusiones del mundo real en el umbral del cuento. Aquí todavía hay chispazos de esperanza, y nadie habla si no es necesario.