RobinCosmos – Pathfinder

Label: Andur Industrial
By: Elvira Visser

  RobinCosmos is a Finnish band formed back in 2003. They play some rock music
  with a jazzy groove. You can hear some jazzy piano tunes appearing, melody leading
  guitars and the voice of singer Mikko Laitinen takes you with him.
  RobinCosmos put some great effort in their songs. The lyrics are written not
  only by the singer Mikko but also by Antti Räsänen and Pekka Tolkki
  (Carelia). The basis for the songs are their own personal situations and experiences.

  The fundamentals come from the music experience of each band member. 

  Kire   Karppanen plays also in “Mason”, Tarmo Simonen in “Overhead” and Jari
  Karosto in “StarhagS”. This resulting in the stable tunes, as for
  all of them RobinCosmos is the most important band.

  In 2005 the band singed a record contract and at that point they had 2 independent
  singles out. In the beginning of 2006 they released their debut album “Pathfinder”.
  In December 2006 they released the single “whereabouts unknown” from
  this album and this song is really one of those that stick to your mind, very
  catchy piano tunes in this song.

  I have to say that I think not every rock fan would like this band, they do
  have some jazz influences in piano, drums and also the voice of Mikko sounds
  more jazz then rock to me. Together this makes a nice mix with a rock-edge.

  The album starts with “Get it” and a nice guitar solo. Piano follows
  and you immediately get an idea about the CD.
  Then the album takes you till the end, nice tunes. The song “Monday Mood”
  is one of my favourites to sing along: “Monday came, I won’t survive this
  day. Weekend came and went, hangover never ends. Twisting under depression”.
  A typical Monday feeling, although I expected the song to be a bit more melancholic
  it is quite energetic.

  If you are curious about this band and how they would play live, then you have
  to check their myspace and website. You get a good impression.

  My opinion is this is a great band for those moments that you do not need to
  get energy, but just like to listen to a nice record. In that it really succeeded.