Night Animal

VINYL FORMAT. Finnish musicians Henry Ojala (Cats on Fire) and Jessika Rapo (Le Futur Pompiste) come together as Burning Hearts. It was inevitable that this pair of bands, whose music shares a poise and sophistication rarely heard anywhere, never mind within the modest environs of Finland, would find each other. Full of subtle detail and a uniformly warm sound, this is a dream of idealized pop: beautifully understated vocals, melodies as reassuring as a lover's embrace, and a tone of intimacy that could only come from collaboration that is fully simpatico.