They state Spice Girls as one of two influences, and there are a couple of reasons why this makes sense. Like the Brits Pintandwefall is a girl-group, they work with invented personalities, and they’ve got the power. They cannot, however, be considered sisters in sound or style and I doubt there’s any feministic ideas behind what the Finnish quartet do. They’re tomboys out to have some fun. And fun it is, ‘Hong Kong, Baby’.

Lyrically Crazy Pint, Cute Pint, Dumb Pint and Tough Pint tell tales of a piranha with an identity crisis (‘Angus’), an octopus with a lousy memory (‘Okto’), and birds loudly sharing their holiday experiences (‘Bird Of The Birds’). Musically they attack you with solid riffs and great hooks in a vigorous and quite varied package including punk, blues, pop and straight-up rock, perfect for any type of beer guzzling occasion.

Best are ‘Bird Of The Birds’, 1.49 minutes of roaring punk, the brilliantly groovy rock gem ‘Jail’, blues breakup song ‘Sad Song’ which is one of the quieter moments, and album closer ‘Sarra’, an incredibly charming vocal/percussion salute to the greatest girl in the world, who really sounds worth looking up. Unfortunately we only get part of her phone number. Finally honorable mention must go to classic rock ‘n punk fix ‘Beef Rice’ and ‘Okto’ which would be a perfect signature tune for the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk – if we ignore the octopus bit of course.

Pintandwefall formed for and were supposed to split after a gig at their high school in 2006. Fortunately they had a blast and with ‘Hong Kong, Baby’, their third album since then, they’ve extended an open invitation to join the fun. I suggest you do…

Genre: Rock
Who: Pintandwefall
Album: Hong Kong, Baby
Label: GAEA Records/Playground Music
Year: 2009/2010
Country: Finland
Language: English
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Recommended tracks:
Bird Of Birds – Beef Rice – Jail – Okto – Sad Song – Sarra