WALTARI - So Fine! - 30th Anniversary Edition - 2LP - 180g Orange Vinyl [MAY 31]

2LP - Limited Edition 180g Orange Vinyl. Only 750 individually numbered copies pressed in this edition. For this specific anniversary release, the band updated the liner notes.  

So Fine! is a studio album by Waltari, a Finnish band from Helsinki known for combining numerous styles, from progressive metal, alternative metal and extreme metal to non- metal styles such as hip hop, pop, industrial, techno and punk.

Their 4th album So Fine! celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024 and will therefore be available as a 2LP-set for the very first time, featuring the complete recordings including “Mysterious” and “Hospital”. This anniversary edition of So Fine! is limited to 750 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl. For this specific anniversary release, the band updated the liner notes.

Waltari as a band has their roots in punk. They then proverbially "crossed" over into a more thrash metal type sound. The opening track “The Beginning Song” starts as a raging bit of death metal and turns delightfully into a rocking alternative thrash song for the ages. It's just an energetic and catchy tune. The tone of the guitars is a mix of a very heavy sound and some clean sounds.

“So Fine!”is one of Waltari's most diverse albums, not two songs have exactly the same genre influences. The cover from The Cure “A Forest” is filled with the "nordic" register of lead guitar sounds and includes some cool production tricks making it sound vastly heavier than the original. The title track is one of the bands most well-known songs. It is one of their first to feature a big EDM influence and their first collaboration with Angelit which is a Finnish yodeling folk group. Speaking of the production, it is perfect. Let the music do the talking. What’s most important: The crazy Finns are here for everyone’s joy.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. The Beginning Song
2. Mad Boy
3. So Fine
4. A Forest

Side B
1. 4S
2. Celtic Funk
3.(Your) Nature Is Wild
4. To Give

Side C
1. Piggy In The Middle
2. Freddie Laker
3. Autumn
4. Rhythm Is A Cancer
5. Misty Man

Side D
1. Hospital
2. Mysterious