Tartak. AnTARTAKtyda. Part 2. /digi-pack/. (AnTARTAKtica)

One would like to say: that's how it should be! The album sounds as if Sashko Polozhynsky has once again discovered his second breath (while, in parallel, he is working on an album of duets). There is experience, there is comprehension and awareness – but there is also a vivid, direct response to the world around. The ability to compose holistic, vivid pictures. The lyrical "Simka" is now in the past – not without a trace, but even these traces are now burning with something new. But the key feature of the new work is virtually its sparkle, reckless and sober at the same time. Self-irony in action. Without significant illusions – in particular, without the "all is lost" illusions. In these songs, there is the desire to move forward – and the power for this motion. There is self-confidence and (oddly?) trust in the world, because the world is us, a mirror of our actions. Or of our inaction. There are also (un)hidden quotations – for example, puns with lyrics by Arsen Mirzoyan, or the witty irony over couple of lines by Slavko Vakarchuk. It is unlikely that this is mockery for the sake of mockery – this is more like an internal dialog with an open end. And the voice does not hide behind the music, all the words are really legible, and it matters: literally in every song there are phrases worthy of quotation – they get into thoughts, grow into them, and make one look sharper. And that's just cool.

The release contains a 24-page booklet with lyrics of all the songs.