Release date: 23rd October 2026
I literally say this every time Turmion Kätilöt releases an album and apologies for sounding like a broken record, but it is always a good day when they release new music. Resodance is the band’s latest opus and is their twelth full-length. Rather oddly…it didn’t grab me on my first listen. Nor my second. There were certain songs I immediately connected with, but the album as a whole just didn’t quite “resonate” with me. However, the more I found myself listening to it, the more I found it growing on me – this is definitely one of those albums that you need to really need to spend some time with in order to fully appreciate it, and I now find it to be one of their stronger pieces of work. Which is no mean feat, considering the calibre of their back-catalogue and how extensive it is!
My initial ‘problem’ with Resodance was that it didn’t leave a lasting impression on me with the opening track Nostajat, because on first glance it feels like one of the weaker songs of the album. Usually, Turmion Kätilöt open up their albums with a big, massive-sounding punchy number (see: Naitu, Grand Ball, Silmät Sumeat and Totuus to name but four examples!) but Nostajat just doesn’t hit that way. I can respect them wanting to mix things up rather than using the same formula with every release, so the choice is understandable, but it does mean the album doesn’t make that initial ‘connection’ and grab you right from the get-go. However, if you look at the song as more of a long-form introductory song before second track Kunnioita hits, it does serve a purpose of easing the listener in before slapping them in the face with a punchier, more traditional-sounding Kätilöt track, and it works nicely as a setup track.
The album progresses strongly from Kunnioita and Pöytäviinaa Ja Pimeitä Naisia is a particularly fun-sounding inclusion. It definitely feels like a song to be appreciated best in a live environment, thanks to its bouncy introduction and just overall fun-sounding vibe (of course, the lyrics may tell a different story!) and the guitar solo felt like a great inclusion. Continuing from a live perspective, Raivotarjonta is another such song that feels made for the live stage, and having witnessed it at Saarihelvetti a few months back, it feels like it has already cemented itself as a setlist staple moving forwards.
However, the song that has had me in a chokehold since first hearing Resodance is Karma. There is an innate, sinister-sounding darkness in the guitar line that lurks beneath the synth-led lead melodies, and I am obsessed with the juxtaposition of the two – there’s a lot of power to the song, and I can’t help but feel very drawn to it. It’s almost hypnotic with how it sounds, and it’s one of those songs I just can’t listen to just once.
Resodance may be more of a slow burner and needs a few spins to fully understand what Kätilöt cooked up with this album, but it is worth sticking with because this is an album that will get under your skin and make you keep wanting to come back to it for one more listen. Each track feels very intentionally placed to craft a very specific flow from one song to the next before looping very neatly back to the start again. A resonant dance, if you will, and I am very keen to see how it translates in a live environment at the Colossal Disco show next week. Turmion Kätilöt have once again delivered with this album, but honestly I expected nothing less.
Support: Merch
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