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Jul 23, 2015Kalevi's debut is an exquisitely unusual amalgamation of heavy-lidded grooves, moody atmospherics, and upbeat, carefree-sounding weirdness that you can't quite put your finger on but also can't stop listening to.
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Q MagazineJul 1, 2015He's starting to look like someone who an no longer be held by the confines of his own skull. [Aug 2015, p.109]
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Jun 22, 2015With layer upon layer of vocal, groove, and percussion, Jaakko Eino Kalevi is a reminder that pop can be both for your head and your feet.
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Jun 22, 2015The lovely Jaakko Eino Kalevi, the most coherent album so far from the former Helsinki tram driver, is a gem.
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Jun 30, 2015A bit of a grower, Jaakko Eino Kalevi is a subtly enticing album that establishes his niche within experimental pop.
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UncutJun 22, 2015His vocal lines are often so casually intoned that they mingle imperceptibly with those of his back-up singer Suad Khalifa, over gently pulsing twilight liaisons that yearn to be a little more sophisticated than they actually are. [Jul 2015, p.77]
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Jun 22, 2015War On Drugs engineer Nicolas Vernhes smoothes restrained standouts ‘Don’t Ask Me Why’ and ‘Room’ into two of Kalevi’s best songs yet, but the whole thing bathes in glorious groove.
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Jun 22, 2015It's a cool record that coasts on chill grooves rather than bombastic drops.
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Jun 22, 2015Kalevi speaks softly but moves boldly, and Jaakko Eino Kalevi feels like a refinement of his own unique spirit.