MP3: Satellite Stories - Helsinki art scene

Indie-dance pop is pretty near the top of my list of despised musical forms, but even in the darkest depths there can be light. Whether by pure accident or divine inspiration, Satellite Stories' "Helsinki art scene" does right by adhering more to the tenets of tightly wound post-punk or early indiepop than reconfiguring and watering down the artsy punk-funk of Talking Heads and their acolytes. The sound is stripped of all artifice, the pace is set to racing and the chorus is infectious; a simple and memorable descending single-note guitar line ties it together with a bow. Shame that the rest of the band's other material pales in comparison, but I'll always take one great song above the rest of the mediocre dreck that's overflowing my mailbox.

Satellite Stories - Helsinki art scene