current_members website formed years_active label article_title background genre origin name
hanna tuulikki aby vulliamy chris hladowski -lsb- http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/nalle.htm pickled egg records -rsb- 2004 2004 & ndash ; present pickled egg records locust music nalle
 group_or_band psych folk glasgow , scotland nalle
nalle

nalle `` is also a finnish nickname for persons named björn ; notables include björn wahlroos and björn westerlund . ''
nalle -lrb- finnish for a small bear , generally a teddy bear , and named after a childhood toy of vocalist hanna tuulikki -rrb- are a psych-folk trio , based in glasgow , who were formed in the summer of 2004 .
they comprise finnish-english vocalist hanna tuulikki -lrb- vocals , kantele , flute -rrb- , aby vulliamy -lrb- viola -rrb- and chris hladowski -lrb- bouzouki , clarinet -rrb- .
nalle combine improvisational song structures with unusual instrumentation , sometimes with a decidedly celtic influence .
tuulikki 's vocals have been compared to those of joanna newsom and björk .
nalle have released music on pickled egg records , locust music and have also released a track on singing knives records .
their debut album , `` by chance upon waking '' has received favourable reviews thus far from publications such as trouser press and popmatters .
