The Suru EP:
Six-Song Finn Folk Cassette Release date: 3/97 (cassette)
Available later as a CD-R
Toivo Records
Momentarily available for free download
1. Suru (Trad. Arr.
Simpson)
Northern Finnish folk song learned from a choir record
then promptly monkeyed with. Same version that appeared
on the '96 Midnight
Apparitions CD.
2. Kuortaneen
Polkka/Praise the One (Trad./Simpson)
Ostrobothnian polka learned from folk group Pirnales,
then fused with my own lyrics and melody.
4-track cassette demo.
3. The Bitter Cup (I
Drink Today) (Simpson)
Written in Pori, Finland 9/96. A liberal rephrasing
of the Kalevala's "Origin of Beer."
4-track cassette demo.
4. Tang of Seaweed
(Simpson)
Written in 8/86; inspired by Tove Jansson's books.
4-track cassette demo.
