Fleur. Eyforija. /digi-pack/. (Euphoria)

All fans of Fleur can no doubt congratulate themselves on release of not just a new – on release of a cool, extraordinarily powerful album. Yes, the search for the golden mean continues – and the progress of this search is obvious. "Euphoria" sounds at the intersection, on the point – the album has absorbed the best simultaneously from the first semi-acoustic pieces by the group, and from electronic discoveries of "Everything Went Out Of Control". Here, there is just enough of everything – transparency of acoustic instruments, and carefully added spices of special effects, and the performance manner are measured so exactly, clearly that the only thing left is to take off our hats. The temptation of "overloading" was overcome, therefore the basic tension once again has passed from the external layer into internal spaces. The result – the internal force of this album outgrew the level on which tenderness may be killing. Here the essence is beauty, in which there is no melancholy or regret as such – only memories about them, but these are memories of a person who has already broken free. Emotionality is enormous, but all motions are polished to the state of brilliance, that is why emotions do not tear off consciousness, and at some instant just grow into catharsis. At least – potential for this has been laid, and a considerable one. It is not worth neglecting such things – it is necessary to live trough them...

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)

All songs are in Russian.