History

The band was formed by Marko Nyberg, who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting. When recording the debut album Country Falls, Nyberg recorded around 20 musicians and singers for use on the album—each of them a good friend of Marko's and all Helsinki-based. As Marko Nyberg puts it himself:

"Every track is designed to be a warm breeze to counter the chill of daily life, whether you live in cold climes or not. All moments from life become part of the music. Husky Rescue reflects our background in Helsinki where the winter nights are so cold and long while the summer is hot and short, but oh so sweet. It's melancholic music but there is always hope. Husky Rescue's music is like the first snow on the ground when you can still see the green grass through the snow. It's like spring's sunbeam after the long, dark, sunless winter time."

Husky Rescue also exists as a five-member live band composed of Marko Nyberg (bass), Reeta-Leena Korhola (vocals), Maria Ilmoniemi (keyboard), Anssi Sopanen (drums) and Miika Colliander (guitar). Country Falls was released worldwide on Catskills Records in October 2004 and in spring of 2005 on Minty Fresh Records in the US.

"My World" has been used in Hyundai

Hyundai

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's "Think About It" advertisements, and "New Light of Tomorrow" was used in a P&O

P&O Cruises

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 TV commercial, while "Rainbow Flows" has been used for Beck's Italian beer commercial.

The fourth studio album, Ship Of Light, released on January 26, 2010.

Fans

Fans of the group include English journalist James Delingpole

James Delingpole

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 who has described their secret as lying in an "ingenious combination of Finnish chilliness and melancholy (especially Reeta-Leena Korhola's frail, beautiful vocals, a curious mix of tenderness and icy distance, which lend every song the vague feel of a deeply sad and sinister children's story set in a cruel frosty land) with some of the jauntiest, catchiest most perfect synth pop melodies you're likely to hear".

Albums

• Country Falls
  Country Falls
  Country Falls is the debut album by the Finnish ambient pop band Husky Rescue. It was released on Catskills Records on October, 2004 and Re-released with a DVD-Bonus on April 12, 2005. Finnish multi-instrumentalist Marko Nyberg and his band have struck gold with their album...
  
   (Catskills, 2004)
• Ghost Is Not Real
  Ghost Is Not Real
  Ghost is Not Real is the second full-length album by Finnish ambient pop band Husky Rescue. It was released on Catskills Records on January 15, 2007...
  
   (Catskills, 2007)
• Other World: Remixes and Rarities
  Other World: Remixes and Rarities
  Other World: Remixes and Rarities, released in 2007, is the third album released by Finnish band Husky Rescue. It consists of b-sides, remixes and acoustic versions of tracks from their two previous albums: Country Falls and Ghost Is Not Real....
  
   (Catskills, 2007)
• Ship Of Light (Catskills, 2010)

Singles

• Summertime Cowboy (2004)
• New Light Of Tomorrow (2004)
• Sleep Tight Tiger (2004)
• City Lights (2004)
• My Home Ghost (2006)
• Diamonds In The Sky (2006)
• Nightless Night (2007)
• Caravan (2007)
• We Shall Burn Bright (2009)
• Sound of Love (2010)
• They Are Coming (2010)

External links

• Husky Rescue (official site)
• "New Light of Tomorrow" artist commentary
• Interview (June 2008) from Webcuts