Song Review/ Folk Rock : Petri Selin’s ‘Kesä saapuu vihdoin Helsinkiin’

Petri Selin is a Finnish singer-songwriter and folk rock artist. ‘Kesä saapuu vihdoin Helsinkiin’ or ‘Summer finally arrives in Helsinki’ is the artist’s 2018 original single. A song that is made with luminous acoustics, warm melodies and deep, influencing folk. The song is an emotion, a state of mind and feeling as the sun and summer emerges after the cold and dark winters. There’s a little bit of melancholy that is woven into the folk accordions and harmonicas. The basslines have a grounding effect as it sticks close to the ground. But there is also a slow but steady brightening.

A celebration that quietly builds up across the song. Petri Salin’s vocals are raw and rustically folk. They hold nothing back. So even if you might not understand the language, the emotion inches out of there and lets you in. And with plush and darkening acoustics, the track keeps gaining depth before fading away just as it began. It’s bittersweet the relationship between the sun and the Finnish. But it is always good when the summer arrives. Listen Now!

The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music!

Listen to ‘Kesä saapuu vihdoin Helsinkiin’ by Petri Selin here -