If you still felt a bit sleepy when the gates of the festival opened on Sunday, Minä ja Ville Ahonen offered a soft introduction to the last festival day. Their sound was minimal and at times ethereal; the atmosphere was more acoustic than electric.
The music was an excellent way to lose yourself in the lyrics which offered multiple layers of meaning for the wakening public to interpret. The band started the gig with light and poetic material, but progressed to harsher stories as the show went on. The track ”Juoksen niin kauan” was a story of pyromania, suicide, and killing firemen, of all things.
Luckily the whole tracklist wasn’t as gloomy and by the end the audience enjoyed some love songs and excellent tunes to dance to – this was the last wake-up call for the festival-goers.
Text: Jarkko Böhm
Photograph: Laura Pitkänen
Translation: Alma Tuominen
