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Hello, I love you

One of the most pleasing bands in Estonia in the last decade was Jääboiler, translated into English as Iceboiler, a curious concept indeed. The lead singer went under the name of inBoil, a peculiar nom-de-music, for what is in a boil is pus. However, the slender one is jesting here, for what I think he means that what the singer brings to his recordings like a pot on a stove he is truly cooking. Whether he is actually boiling is up for debate, I wish I knew what is behind the name. With Sting at least you get the intent, along with other one-name performers such as Prince.
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...

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