Koria Kitten Riot are a Finnish Helsinki based indie rock band. During the release of their first two albums, the moniker was mainly a solo output for the singer-songwriter Antti Reikko but on the last two albums Koria Kitten Riot has been a full-fledged band of five people; Antti Reikko (vocals / guitar), Lasse Toimi (bass guitar / vocals), Teemu V?nsk? (keyboards / vocals), Olli Rahkonen (guitar) and Eino Anttila (drums). The band have toured their native country as well as Germany having also recorded their previous two albums mostly in Berlin. Their sound is a combination of indie rock, singer-songwriter Americana and psychedelia. Songs of Hope and Science was in the making for a long time. At the end of 2016, it's very obvious how strange and scary the world situation has become - but all the signs already seemed to be there a few years ago, as the first songs for the album were starting to take shape. The whole band was also going through some difficult times on a personal lev