“Dead Letters” review [UK]

Little known outside their native Finland until quite recently, The Rasmus may just have written one of the year’s catchiest songs in “First Day Of My Life”, the opening track of this, their fifth full-length album. That song has already topped the charts in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Finland, and is catching on like widlfire. Indeed it looks like repeating the feat in other countries, just like Europe’s “The Final Countdown” did all those years ago.
The Rasmus formed as school pals at the age of 16, and there can be no disputing that what they play is rock music. But as well as being taut and sinewy their work has a cool melodic twist. Not as corny as, say, Roxette, but unmistakably Scandinavian all the same. The quartet sound like a band with experience, and its not hard to imagine “Dead Letters” becoming breeding ground for many more hit singles. The rousing “In My Life” is a personal favourite, but “In The Shadows”, “Guilty” and slinky powered ballad “Still Standing” aren’t far behind.
3/5

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