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Despite the fact that none of the songs here can be called joyful – the disk leaves a surprisingly sunny aftertaste. Sunny and calm – as those moment when you snatch yourself out of the daily rush and engage – into sensing and living at this particular moment. Regardless the time of day or the season, regardless of your business, hopes, promises, or disappointments. Despite the fact that this is the debut album – it seems the guys truly understand what they want and how to achieve that. Probably, the production by Yenhen Filatov has played its role – in the end, some of the nuances of sound familiar due to pieces by ONUKA, Jamala, The Maneken can be heard here. However, a transformed context also transforms revealing of colors, by itself. Brevity, clarity of lines, softness of accents – sometimes even on the edge of being toylike. Transparent, like light shade, but with the perception of fullness, as if it is shade under water. Add a bit of a bare nerve – and this would be "disruption" music, but for the time being The Elephants offer indie-pop-tronic with elements of fabulousness. And they do it so that one wants to believe it. One wonders how it would sound in Ukrainian (the more so that it is a bit difficult to distinguish oneself here with English). And one looks forward to it to be continued. The release contains a 16-page booklet with photo and lyrics of all the songs.
Publisher: Vidlik
Year: 2017
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- The Elephants
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..In musical terms, this is clearly stemming from what Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Donovan, and others were doing some long time ago. Stemming from – but not copying, it is just that in Postman's songs there are the same ease and the content that make it possible to anticipate the extra depth, without any prejudice to the beauty.
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