The amazing Nalle are touring the UK between July 16-24 to celebrate the release of their amazing new album 'Wilder Shores Of Love' on Alt.Vinyl. They're a trio unlike any other, drawing in diverse musical influences and, amongst their 3 members, collectively appearing as part of The One Ensemble, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, The Family Elan and more.

Their live mix of Hanna's otherwordly vocals with guitar, bouzouki, viola, shruti box, various percussions and much more has led to a formidable live reputation and regularly leaves audiences hypnotized.

Nalle is the trio of Hanna Tuulikki, Aby Vulliamy and Chris Hladowski. Performing since 2004, the group have toured extensively in Europe and the United States, drawing audiences into their intimate sound world. Spearheaded by Tuulikki’s expressive vocals and straight-from-the-heart song craft, the music is underpinned by intuitive group interplay on an array of instruments from the four corners of the globe, from bouzouki and viola to Finnish kantele and mouth harps.In 2006 Nalle released their debut album By Chance Upon Waking (Pickled Egg records). In a Foxy Digitalis review it states “…the chemistry between the three is instantly obvious. Acoustic arrangements that stir like lost children late at night provide the perfect palette for Tuulikki to weave pure magic…. As a listener, you feel as overwhelmed as Nalle sounds. It's beautiful.” Hanna’s enthralling multi-octave vocal range and singular delivery brought comparisons to other women vocalists who have explored the limits of the voice within traditional musical conventions, but as the Wire noted, Nalle’s “clear individuality banishes lazy comparisons to others operative in this area of folk-inflected new music.” Their second album The Sirens Wave (Locust Music) from 2008 “is a considerably more meditative and meticulous recording” as the wire notes “a stunning conglomeration of East European and traditional Scottish nuances which fold into each other, alternately pushing then subsiding, flowing like rolling waves”.

In spring 2010, they release their third studio album entitled “Wilder Shores Of Love” with Alt.Vinyl, produced with regular collaborator John Cavanagh. It is perhaps the most directly personal statement the band have committed to tape - an attempt at laying down bare bones of experience, endeavouring to transform the heavy lead of human emotions into moments of golden insight. Using symbolic language, recurring motifs, and the odd sprinkling of good old rock and roll, the songs weave strong narrative tapestries about love lost and found, inner mindscapes and outer landscapes, getting lost on the journey, and finding understanding.

Nalle is in many ways inseparable from Hanna’s work as a visual artist, something that she will be exploring further with “Wilder Shores Of Love” - named after the painting by Cy Twombly and inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander - including limited edition hand drawn covers, screen prints, alongside deluxe 180g vinyl and CD editions.

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