After Finnish doom metal band Planeetta 9 went on an indefinite hiatus in 2023, the band’s songwriting duo Jukka Salo and Sami Suominen cautiously returned to music following a year-long break.
Early on, they were joined by Antti Laitinen, a familiar face from Jukka’s previous band projects.
The trio set out to create genre-free, beautiful, and melancholic music, drawing inspiration from 1980s The Cure-style gothic rock, 1990s and 2000s alternative and indie rock and pop, touches of Black Sabbath-inspired riffing, and the atmospheric indie sound of the 2020s à la Cigarettes After Sex.
The first release from this new musical chapter is the single You Never Died – a delicate and deeply personal track dedicated to Jukka’s late aunt.
Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/boneyardlily-youneverdied
The recording and production process also brought in a group of seasoned music professionals outside the core trio, including Janne Oinas (bass), Jere Saarainen (keyboards) Leo Kunnas (drums), Matias Koskimies (mixing), Matias Kiiveri (mastering) and Janne Saksa (studio & recording) each contributing their own strong signature to the project.