One of the early instrumental demos Phane did. This is quite cool!

Last Call (Phane's demo version #3)

Narkolepsia b 53

Song "Helsinki" dates back to late 90's ,when the 1st Sonic Youth-like version of it was demotaped in our rehearsal room in Kamppi, Helsinki. The second take was done by myself, Sami, at Loimaa by Mika Haapasalo, producer and with the help of Juho Puronaho on violin/guitar. This was kind of a neo-folk, psych trip. Pretty cool though, I have to admit. Eventually came this final version, a-slap-in-the-face rock song. Lyrically "Helsinki" is a story of young love setting on fire and burning too fast. It has a real story behind it, or maybe more like a mixture of my feelings at that time (1998-1999). The song could be dedicated to the city of Helsinki, where I was born. In the last lines of the song, Helsinki is described as a close person to whom the narrator can lean on to in his darkest moments. Dear friends, please do enjoy this marvellous video directed by Esa Jussila!

Helsinki

Walking on Mars is today's treat from the upcoming Mission Road e.p. It is the producer's, Matthew John, favourite track from the e.p, and like so many other Prudence-songs, it had travelled a long way to get to this point. The guitar riff ...was made while I was studying in Tampere University in late 90's. I remember it was a kind of a special moment, because at the time I very rarely did any of our guitar riffs. We did an early demo of the song with a different chorus, but we didn't get it 100% right at that time. 

Then it took another turn, and me and Tero did one Nick Drakeish folkversion of the song as well. Kinda cool:) But this final version is something else. It holds lots of the intensity we created while training hard a few summers ago. 
Matthew John added a lot of his mindwork into Walking on Mars, and he changed the arrengement and created the beautiful soundscape all over it. In my opinion, it's a nice mixture of shoegazing guitars, groovy bass and a catchy chorus with influences from the 1960's.

The lyrics are about a man having a bad stage in his life, broken marriage, problems with alcohol. He feels like he's living his life in an unknown territory, like walking on Mars.

-sami-

Walking On Mars

it's time to reveal yet another song from the forthcoming e.p.

"Dawning Blue" is one of the tracks we, more or less, wrote together. Panu had an idea of this gloomy trip-hop background, and he made an early instrumental demo of the song. Then it slowly developed into a deep mixture of electronic, acoustic, spacy sounds. That was kinda the musical direction we had in mind, when we took the step of putting the band back together. That was 3 years ago, almost exactly. I think we nailed this one pretty good:) Anne-Mari sings background vocals very smoothly.

Lyrically, "Dawning Blue" is a song of a person drifting in and out of love. He or she doesn't realise, if it all is still only a dream. Very personal song in many ways.

Video of "Dawning Blue" will be premiered at the record releasing party. That will be a huge surprise for all of you, so be patient!

Dear friends, Prudence wishes You a Happy Halloween! Here it is,
Dawning Blue!

Dawning Blue

The story behind the song is about taking chances, being brave at the right moment. It is also a personal statement against domestic violence in any form. The music was written more or less by the band, and it is actually the first song we ever wrote together.

Dear Emma

Fallen Leaves, Blood on the Streets

Fallen Leaves (Gothic version)

Jos sinulla on runo, niin lähetä se Teron ja Jarmon Löytökellariin joko tekstinä tai itse nauhoitettuna! Jos haluat, että luemme suosikkirunosi, niin kerro se meille. :)Voit lähettää meille runoja viesti-osion kautta. kiitos! Runoillaan.

Runo

Helsinki (alternate version)

1. Big Believer
2. I Got U Now!
3. Wish
4. Joy (Vega)
5. Fine

PRUDENCE

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