From Finland via Paris, The Do (pronounced "doe" as in do-re-mi-fa-so-etc.), this duo has recently sprang onto the scene with a very infectuous single called "On My Shoulders," which has already be treated to a few obligatory remix efforts. In this case, the remixes never quite add to what is so wonderful and simple about the original. Singer Olivia Merilahti sounds like a pixie hitting puberty - one of the first raspy sopranos I've heard in a long time - with inflections a bit like Bjork, purposely tripping over her words.
The other available songs run the gamut. "Playground hustle" sounds like a gaggle of children rapping to synthetic sitars, toms, and pennywhistles. Then "Queen Dot Kong" sounds like Eminem by way of Nellie McKay. Honestly, nothing quite lives up to the stuttering brilliance of "On My Shoulders," but boring they are not.
Their myspace page reads like it was written by someone on a three day meth binge, so there's not really anything coherent to learn there, but I doubt they'll remain mysterious for long.
Find The Do on myspace here: www.myspace.com/thedoband
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