Finnish songwriter in Brooklyn. Rock with folk/dream pop/80s indie/90s alternative/krautrock/psych influences. Debut album out now! 

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Musically and geographically, Finnish guitarist and songwriter Robin Pahlman has traveled thousands of miles since he recorded and toured with his band Agent Kooper in the early 2000s. Robin started writing songs for a solo album in Seattle, WA, recorded his debut lo-fi acoustic EP in his tiny home studio in Vienna, Austria, toured all over Europe, and wrote and produced his first full-length album “Temporary Everything” in New York City. 

“For this album, I wanted to play more guitar”, Robin says. “I wanted to focus more on guitar arrangements than before, and layer acoustic and electric guitars and some synths in order to create spacey and dreamy textures and moods. For demos, I would start out with a basic drum pattern, loop it, and just layer stuff upon it. In the studio, we recorded the basic tracks live with a band, but for some songs, I still wanted to maintain a certain static vibe in the rhythm section.“ 

“Lyrically, I wanted to acknowledge the bittersweet feeling of nostalgia that I recognize in my friends and myself, as many of us now have entered our 30s.” 

“Originally, it was a person’s attempt to resist nostalgia altogether. However, as the theme developed, it turned into a process of recognizing and owning your own past without getting too sentimental about it – as opposed to adopting the nostalgia of your parents’ generation, which I think is a very present force in literature, film, music, and (political) culture in general.” 

In his music, Robin draws from a wide range of influences, such as dream pop, krautrock, americana, psych rock, country, and folk. As always, melody and mood are important ingredients in Robin’s songwriting. 

Robin Pahlman lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he writes music, plays shows, and serves as guitarist with rock band Howth. His new album “Temporary Everything” was released in March 2016.
                



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The Mountain Flowers started when (co-singer/songwriter) Timmy Sunshine and (co-singer/songwriter) Joe Sneva decided it was time to start over. Sunshine had just relocated to Bellingham, Washington from Seattle, Washington where he was wrapping up his final album with his psych rock trio The Comettes. Sneva was also in the process of wrapping up new solo music, and had been going in between solo, and playing with his long time group The Sweet Dominiques. After attempting a second go at The Comettes with new members in Bellingham, as well as a year of writing solo, and forming a group with friends from Radiation City in Portland, Timmy decided it was time to form a new project. He reached out to Sneva in October 2015 about a possible EP to which Joe replied "YES let's rent a cabin, bring some gear with us and record an album." A few months passed as the two decided to write and contemplate the idea. Sunshine and Sneva had both thought that it was time to go solo and leave the band complications behind. That all changed after Timmy shot a text to (bassist/engineer) Aaron Wilford, who had recently moved back to Bellingham from Portland, and was keeping busy recording bands in his downtown recording studio. The trio decided it was time to put in work. They connected with local musician (drummer) Freddy Jimenez to complete the lineup. They are due to self release their first full length album in June of 2016. 

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