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Cartoon Tree was founded
in 1996, by Harri Huuhtanen and Jari Kangaskorte, after
discovering their mutual passion for melancholic power-pop with
beautiful melodies
and Beatlesque harmonies. They started to write songs that followed
along the lines of such
pop-groups as Teenage Fanclub, Fountains of Wayne and Posies,
and soon after the entire band took shape, the first single
"Roller" was released
under Popatak label. In 1999, the LP, Goodbye Mrs. Greeneyes (Popatak/Poko),
saw the light. Produced by Australian pop-guru Dom Mariani (Stems,
Someloves, DM3), the album was well received by the indie circles of
Finland.
After gigging around
Finland for some years, the band went on a break to write music
for the "Songs From Northern Finland" demo, made available
in 2016. The success
of the new tracks led to new gigs and a deal for the second LP, due
to appear at the
end of this year.The current line-up of the band is Harri Huuhtanen
(vocals,guitar) Jari Kangaskorte (vocals, guitar),Maako Härönen
(vocals, bass) Pena
Ruotsi (vocals, drums).
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