The Substances Trilogy

Indie Folk, Acoustic Singer-Songwriter, Warm Fingerpicking, Gentle Humor, Dry Wit, Deadpan Comedy, Satirical Folk, Nordic Charm, Whimsical, Cozy Morning Light, Coffee Shop Acoustic, 110 BPM, Key of G Major, Male Vocal, English with Finnish Accent, Flat Intonation, Syllable-Timed Delivery, Clear Diction, Conversational Singing, Earnest Warmth, Wry Observation, Martin D-28 Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicked Arpeggios, Upright Bass Pizzicato, Subtle Brushed Snare, Gentle Wooden Tambourine, Glockenspiel Accents, Intimate Close-Mic Recording, Analog Warmth, Lo-Fi Edges, Warm Room Reverb, Tape Saturation, Natural Room Ambience, Morning Radio Session Feel, Gentle Build Across Song, Cheerful Oblivious Energy, Ironic Sincerity

Folk Waltz, Dark Comedy Folk, 3/4 Time Signature, Waltz Tempo, 95 BPM, Key of A Minor, Nordic Folk, Dry Humor, Deadpan Delivery, Sardonic, Male Vocal with Finnish Accent, Flat Intonation, Syllable-Timed Phrasing, Stoic Baritone, Intimate Close-Mic Vocal, Diatonic Accordion Lead, Musette Waltz, Hohner Accordion Tone, Acoustic Fingerpicked Guitar, Nylon String Classical Guitar, Glockenspiel Accents, Light Tambourine on Three, Brushed Snare on Waltz Beat, Upright Bass Pizzicato, Kitchen Percussion, Wooden Spoons on Cast Iron, Pots Rattling, Subtle String Section Enters Mid-Song, Violin and Cello, Analog Warmth, Vintage Recording, Slightly Lo-Fi, Room Mic Ambiance, European Cabaret Influence, Bittersweet, Tragicomic, Wry Observation, Call and Response Vocal Structure, Two Distinct Vocal Characters Alternating Lines, Music Box Quality Intro and Outro, Circular Melodic Motif, Gentle Sway, Melancholic Undercurrent

Finnish Iskelmä Parody / Melodramatic Tango, Starts as a slow iskelmä with weeping accordion, reverb guitar & plodding drum machine, Builds into an overly dramatic tango with cinematic strings & sentimental male backing vocals ("aa-aah"), Vocals are a deep, overly-sentimental baritone with heavy pathos & vibrato, The delivery becomes a tearful, overwrought declaration of sorrow, ending on an uncomfortably long, dramatic high note, Lyrics must contrast a grand, tragic tone with absurdly mundane subjects, Perform with absolute, unwavering sincerity and melodrama, never acknowledging the absurdity, A perfect parody of Finnish melancholy (kaiho)