"A Finnish electro-folk-pop duo specialised in writing timeless songs with female vocal harmonies that sound as they came from the head of Zeus." Finnish indie pop stalwarts Jessika Rapo (vocalist for Le Futur Pompiste) and Henry Ojala (ex-drummer for Cats on Fire) teamed up to form the shambly, synthy duo Burning Hearts in 2006.

Burning Hearts' debut full-length, Aboa Sleeping, was released on Shelflife Records in early 2009.

Aboa Sleeping received a warm welcome and was called one of the top albums of 2009 by Eardrums and other like-minded music blogs.

Rapo and Ojala followed up the album's release with a passel of live shows in Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm and New York City.The second full-length album, Extinctions, will be released on Februray 21st, 2012.

All nine songs were written and recorded in the Ostrobothnian environment, which has proven to be fertile creative ground for Jessika and Henry.

While Aboa Sleeping was a collection of early songs that were not intended to end up on an album, Extinctions was written as a consequence of many tragic stories that in a way or another touched the band.

Quite a few of the songs are dedicated to people or creatures that no longer exist. Even if human tragedies inspired the writing, and death is present in nearly all the songs, the sound remains vivid and full of hope.

For fans of: Le Futur Pompiste, Broadcast, The Magnetic Fields, Stereolab, Brittle Stars