Finland's Tivol might be one of the best kept secrets on the Nordic peninsula. These psychedelic monsters remind me a lot of another great Finnish psych-rock band, Pharaoh Overlord. Put in plain terms, Tivol fucking rock. Every time I listen to "Breathtaking Sounds of..." I can't sit still. This music is full of energy. The first track has a title that's long enough to be a paragraph, and since it's in Finnish, I'm not even going to try and put it in here. But this track is amazing. Eleven minutes of a pure psych freakout. As soon as the crunching opening guitar riff drops in, you know you're in for a wailing good time. Add in some low-end bass and screeching vocals, and this is some of the best rock music I've heard in a long time. It just builds and builds until it finally explodes at the end. This is the ultimate release. Freaking genius! The second track, "Jawohl, Tivol!" is a slower, more methodic track, but it rocks just as hard. Especially great on this piece are the middle passages where everything just culminates into this chaotic, bombastic mess. Again, this is a huge release of tension that Tivol build up throughout the opening of the song. I can't recommend this enough. For any and all fans of the Finnish underground, and psych/kraut in general, Tivol is a must own. Totally fucking excellent. 9/10 -- Brad Rose (11 June, 2005)