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Finland's quartet Kairon Irse
debuted with the immature hybrid of post-rock and dream-pop of
The Defect in that one is Bleach/ We're Hunting Wolverines (2011),
but,
leveraging the
twin-guitar attack of Lasse Luhta and Niko Lehdontie,
and a thundering rhythm section
(drummer Johannes Kohal and bassist/vocalist Dmitry Melet),
became a more energetic band on
Ujubasajuba (2014).
If Valorians is a bit too derivative of
My Bloody Valentine
and the poppy Amsterdam (7:17) is dangerously similar to laid-back middle-of-the-road prog-pop of the 1970s (Toto, Boston and the likes),
Swarm (9:40) soars to a level of noise (mixed to a folkish undercurrent)
that is not trivial, although not groundbreaking either,
and Rulons (8:26), possibly the highlight, is an explosive mix of
thundering guitar distortion and jazzy saxophone that goes insane
(somehow evoking the vision of a punk-ish version of
Colosseum).
The post-rock aesthetic of alternating loud and soft sections is still
visible in Tzar Morei (9:44), but the "loud" is
crushing stoner-rock a` la
Kyuss
and the "soft" is psych-pop a` la
Electric Prunes, and the tone is grandiose if not exuberant.
Unfortunately, the album ends with the lame pop tune and the amateurish
Motorpsycho imitation of
Les Moh y Gribi (10:54).
The pop temptation is obvious on Ruination (2017).
Sinister Waters I (12:19) begins with a litany that sounds like
vintage Yes.
and so does the synth-driven opening theme of
Sinister Waters II (13:08), while
that refrain that surfaces four minutes into it is a trivial folk-rock tune
(the instrumental coda of this piece is perhaps the highlight of the album).
Porphyrogennetos (11:41) is a prog-rock suite in search of a killer melody, but, not finding it, instead ends with screaming guitars and pounding drums that any child could do..
Polysomn (2020) embraces a more electronic and sleeker sound.
The album has one good song, that is one of the best of their career,
Altair Descends, evoking the dreamy Pink Floyd of the early days.
The rest is filler, pop ballads camouflaged like prog-rock (Welcome Blue Valkyrie) and amateurish jamming.
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