“The debut CD from the Finnish five piece band will please the jazzrock afionados, what a virtuosic musicians, Finnish people can do more than play excellent ice-hockey and football, like my Ajax hero Jari Litmanen! The climates on the 11 songs alternate from bluesy and mellow to jazzy and swinging with great work on the piano and sax along some electric guitar (from jazzy to fiery). The rhythm-section sounds tight and powerful, often a base for solowork on the piano and saxophone. If you want to enjoy 54 minutes of great jazzrock oriented prog, this exciting album wil be yours!” - Erik Neuteboom / Progarchives

”Woodlands is the second CD released from the Finnish band Mist Season and continues right where the brilliant first album left off. They could possibly be classified as smooth or light jazz but there are just enough trimmings to keep the progger in me satisfied. There are similarities in the music to artists such as Bill Bruford's Earthworks, David Sanborn, Flim & The BB's, Shadowfax, Weather Report, etc. but there's a certain approach that is all their own. At times things can be very soft and beautiful and there are also moments when they let the breezes of fusion take them away. There's also an element of vintage nostalgia to the music that I really dig. It's as if some of this music was created a couple decades ago and is just being unearthed today.

The band consists of Keijo Hakala on bass, Timo Kajamies on keyboards, Jukka Pitkänen on trumpet and flugelhorn, Kimmo Pörsti on drums, Kari Rantakallio on saxophones, and Tommi Varjola on guitars. Each member is a seasoned professional and they all seem to take turns playing other instruments on various tracks as well. There are also several guest musicians appearing on the album as well. The songwriting tasks are pretty much equally divided up between all the members, there isn't one person doing all the writing." - Ffroyd / Progressive Ears