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The Hardkiss. Zhyva i ne zalizna. /premium, eco-pack/. (Alive and not iron) | | Track
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With their fourth studio album, The Hardkiss confirmed once again that they feel good in hard-pop territory – but at the same time they continue to drift slowly towards more lyricism. On the one hand, this is manifested in the arrangements: the album sounds relatively soft, the usual drive though not gone, but as if receded into the background. Now this flywheel is untwisted not so much for the sake of external effect, as for maintenance of feeling of internal tension (in the sense of force). On the other hand, of course, the texts. It seems that in this album the lyrics build a space of search, a space of questions and answers: in particular, Yulia Sanina conceives of herself as a woman, wife, mother. However, this is not a cold ratio – mostly it's still love lyrics. And it is interesting that in it you can hear folklore echoes – but not imitation, namely echoes, author's findings. However, in the end, it seems that The Hardkiss have come close to the crossroads and will either continue to move in a familiar stream, because it is comfortable and it turns out well – or they will try to find (invent) themselves again. Time will show. The album is executed as a digi-pack enclosed in a craft cardboard box, the disc is inserted into a special pocket. The release contains an 31-page booklet with the musicians' photos and lyrics of all the songs in Ukrainian.
Publisher: Kvadro disc Ukraine
Year: 2021
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