Finnish musician Tomy Laisto from bands like Hateform, Pain Confessor, Mors Principium Est, Omnium Gatherum and Arc Spectra releases his first full length album “Penumbra” as a solo artist with his own name on June 7th 2024. Final single before the album release “Sun Under”  is now on music services. 

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer etc): https://push.fm/fl/tomylaisto-sununder

Tomy tells about the song:

Sometimes the song just comes to you and this is exactly what happened here. I’ve always loved bands like Kingston Wall so i wanted to make a trippy, dreamlike song in that vein, almost like a poem. While being fully aware of the title being ”incorrect” grammatically, the title just resided so persistently between my ears so i left it as it is. To me, it contributes to the dreamy atmosphere of the song, which is about searching something, a peace of mind. One of the most personal songs of the album for me.

Penumbra Tracklist:

1. Hue
2. Comparison
3. This Summer (feat. Derek Sherinian)
4. Drywall (feat. Iiro Salmi)
5. Sun Under
6. Reminisce (feat. Teemu Heinola)
7. Circular Spill (feat. Rainer Nygård)
8. Day Before Yesterday (feat. Christopher Amott)
9. All The Time

Tomy Laisto – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion
Maria Laisto – Backing Vocals
Emma Laisto – Ad lib

Recorded at HH-Studios by Tomy Laisto. Mixed and Mastered at Ansa Studios, Ulvila by Teemu Heinola. Images courtesy of Jenny Reiniö. All music and lyrics by Tomy Laisto.

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Finnish musician Tomy Laisto from bands like Hateform, Pain Confessor, Mors Principium Est, Omnium Gatherum and Arc Spectra is about to release first full length album as a solo artist with his own name. New single, alt country -flavored song “Circular Spill”  from the upcoming album is now released on music services. The single features singer Rainer Nygård from legendary Finnish metal band Diablo as guest vocalist.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer etc): https://push.fm/fl/tomylaisto-circularspill

Tomy tells about the song:

“This one came out when i tried to make a countryish song but it turned out something completely different. Things sometimes go in circles and Circular Spill is like a testimony or a penance in a way. Been knowing Rainer for a number of years, i knew he had a soft spot for Kris Kristoffersson and Jason Isbell, among others, and when asked he was ready an’ willing to do it! Rainer’s vocals are really powerful and he really did lift this song up which i am grateful of! At the ending i got to plug my Fender Strat a bit to add some more epicness and it turned out sweet!”

Circulal Spill
T.L – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussions
Rainer Nygård – Vocals

Recorded at HH-Studios by Tomy Laisto. Mixed and Mastered at Ansa Studios, Ulvila by Teemu Heinola. Images courtesy of Jenny Reiniö. All music and lyrics by Tomy Laisto.

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Finnish musician Tomy Laisto from bands like Hateform, Pain Confessor, Mors Principium Est, Omnium Gatherum and Arc Spectra is about to release first full length album as a solo artist with his own name. Second single, whiskey blues and jazzy-flavored song “Drywall”  from the upcoming album is now released on music services.

Listen to the single: https://push.fm/fl/tomylaisto-drywall

Tomy backgrounds the song:

“Drywall was originally composed for an old group of mine, it was stuck in a drawer for a period of time and i didn’t know what to do with it. I contacted my old music teacher Iiro Salmi, from elementary school asking if he would like to add some keyboards and he liked the song, and did it! He can be seen on the video as well! The lyrics were written in a dark moment, when you feel like everything is a mess and you just bang your head against the wall. And even the wall gives up on you!”

Drywall
T.L – Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Percussions
Iiro Salmi – All Keyboards

Composer: Tomy Laisto
Lyrics: Tomy Laisto

Recorded at HH-Studios by Tomy Laisto. Mixed and Mastered at Ansa Studios, Ulvila by Teemu Heinola. Images courtesy of Jenny Reiniö. All music and lyrics by Tomy Laisto.

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Tomy Laisto a musician from bands like Hateform, Pain Confessor, Mors Principium Est, Omnium Gatherum and Arc Spectra. He is about to release first full length album as a solo artist with his own name. First single from the album “This Summer” is now released on music services.

Listen to the single: https://push.fm/fl/tomylaisto-thissummer

Tomy backgrounds the song:

“The song came about on a august evening on my terrace when i felt the changing of season in the air from summer to fall. You can sense it somehow. It is about ending of a strained relationship, knowing what is about to come is inevitable and just knowing it the same way you know the season will come to an end.”

The single is including guest appearances by Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Alice Cooper, Planet X, Black Country Communion, Yngwie Malmsteen) and Christian Määttä (Arc Spectra).

“Production-wise ,after a couple fortunate events, i was able to get Mr. Derek Sherinian to handle all the keyboard duties on “This Summer”. He really played a tremendous role on how the song came to be, not forgetting to mention Christian Määttä , who played drums on the song! If you listen closely, you can hear some backing vocals provided by my daughter Emma, who is showing signs of becoming an artist in the future!” Tomy Laisto continues.

This Summer
T.L – Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass
Derek Sherinian – All Keyboards
Christian Määttä – Drums
Emma Laisto – Background Vocals

Recorded at HH-Studios by Tomy Laisto. Mixed and Mastered at Ansa Studios, Ulvila by Teemu Heinola. Images courtesy of Jenny Reiniö. All music and lyrics by Tomy Laisto.

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