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  Mäkkelä - Dog & Typewriter Release Date: September 24, 2021 Label: 9pm Records / Broken Silence Format: CD / Digital Length: 42:10 Genre:  Folk Noir Origin:  Fürth ,  Germany Middle Franconia's darkest musical story-teller, Mäkkelä, is back with his new album "Dog & Typewriter". The twelve-track album was between lockdowns, in a time when travelling Mäkkelä was not allowed to fulfill his regular pensum of annual live shows. And yet, it is not a typical COVID album. Instead, Mäkkelä goes on with his routine, telling beautiful, sad, melancholic, and atmospheric stories about meeting people, exploring the world, being on the road, taking five and reflecting about life, and about life itself. Unlike latest release " Trad and Anger ", "Dog & Typewriter" is available for streaming on Bandcamp and Spotify, but of course having this CD in your car stereo is always the better choice, isn't it? Dog & Typewriter by Mäkkelä Eleven original t...

Picture Credit: Mäkkelä Artwork: Frisches Ufo vor der Stadt Mäkkelä - Trad & Anger Release Date: April 01, 2021 Label: 9pm Records / Folk's Worst Nightmare Format: CD Length: 37:39 Genre: Folk Noir Origin: Fürth , Germany There are two reasons why I commence this review with an unpacking video. Firstly, Mäkkelä's "Trad & Anger" is a physical only release. You can order the CD on the artist's homepage, but there will be no Bandcamp, Spotify, TikTok, Myspace, whatever version. You find the link to the homepag at the bottom of the page. Secondly, packaging, artwork, and design are just gorgeous. Each CD is packed by hand and comes with a unique stamp. The stamp on my CD is from former Czecho-Slovakia and once cost 120 Koruna. Why a physical-only release you might ask? Forprofessional musicians such as Mäkkelä, a year without concerts and tours has been... let's stay special. And with special circumstances come special releases. "Trad & Anger...