Hello, I love you

Inboil has recently formed a new band, known as Inboiler, and their 2013 CD "Tere, ma armastan sind" (Hello, I love you) reached these ears recently. As a fan of Jääboiler I thought I knew what to expect and was not disappointed. This is middle-aged man music – no noise, excess or vulgarity. And that description is complimentary, for far too many Estonian bands go either the metal route, experiment with alien styles like rap, or use unnecessary filthy words. This is a compilation that, in other words, also will not upset the mother-in-law in the car. While there is no radical break from the past there is enough variety to be found here to recommend it to middle-aged ears everywhere It seems that the members of the band are the same as the previous incarnation, and any disc that has guitarist Marek Talts, bassist Alari Piispea and the incomparable saxophonist Meelis Unt just has to be many degrees above average, perhaps at the boiling point? Percussionist Tiit Kevad and electric violinist Tiit Kikas round out the ensemble, backing up the vocalist inBoil seamlessly, with precision and innovative élan. All of the twelve...