Folknery. Korysni rechi. /digi-pack/. (Useful Things)

"Folknery" themselves define their style as "Ukrainian free folk" – sure, not to make it clear, but just to avoid limitations. Because, while grounding on Ukrainian folk songs (not played out at all), the musicians threw into the pot a whole bunch of everything – African rhythms, rock groove, ethnic and electronic instruments – and they mixed that up well. The result turned out pretty hot to taste, diverse, sometimes quite unexpected – it is not chaos, but some nice "shabbiness" is inherent in the album. In terms of the singing, the women's voices play the first violin – the experience of work in the folk group "Rozhanytsya" was pretty much of use. But the folk manner of singing is presented here in a somewhat relaxed interpretation – despite quite a number of lyrical moments – and in combination with the whimsical music mix this sometimes creates a rather grotesque effect. Thus – it is interesting to listen to it from beginning to end, something is always going on there. These songs dance like snakes – flexibility and unpredictability, all in one...