Kind Eyes

A sprawling DIY pop dreamscape; 'Kind Eyes' is the debut album by Count Jaakola, the project of London-based Finnish songwriter Tiia Jaakola. From the humdrum to the huge; Tiia explores heartbreak, disappointment, climate change, and dying house plants. The record plays with contrasts, light and shadow, fizz and gloom. Keys melt into darker textures before guitars and drums lift them back into sparkle. It's heaviest moment is the title track, written in an airport bathroom after Tiia's father passed, yet even here, hope breaks through in irresistible vocal harmonies and inventive melodies.