Lovers Left Alive

About

Lovers Left Alive is a Helsinki street rock band formed in 2020, built on the city's underground rock scene and drawing on Finnish street rock, Detroit garage, New York's CBGB era and 80s London glam punk. The four-piece - Tomi Hyena (vocals, guitar), Jaakko 'Jaska' Mäkiniemi (guitar, vocals), Vänski (bass) and William Freyermuth (drums) - released their debut LP How.. in 2025 on Svart Records, produced by Lauri Eloranta, to international notice including a top-20 placing in Vive Le Rock magazine's Festive 50.

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Debut LP vinyl copies (limited edition)

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Vive Le Rock Festive 50 chart position (debut LP)

What's new

2026-07
Lovers Left Alive are set to perform at Tavastia-klubi in Helsinki on 4 July 2026, sharing the bill with Pyhät Tepot and Hunters.
2025-09
International rock site Add To Wantlist reviewed the debut LP How.., describing it as 'loud, raw, and unpolished by design' with dual vocals and Thin Lizzy-esque guitars.
2025
The debut album How.. was released on Svart Records as a limited vinyl LP (300 copies), also available on cassette and CD via TMH Productions / Xonoring Records.
2024-03
The band released the single 'Behind the Doors' in March 2024 via Bandcamp.