Vytivky. Sil‘s‘ke kokhannja. (Rural Love)

This disc appeared in shop windows already at the end of the year – and, honestly speaking, it is nice when the year ends, among other things, with such discoveries. "Rural Love" is the debut album of the group Vytivky, but after such debuts one wants it that continuation not just appeared, but appeared as quickly as possible. It is difficult to say at once what exactly they buy over with – but they do buy over virtually immediately. Their music at the first sight might seem quite simple, but. You should listen to it a bit more keenly – and you understand that they must know their business very well to play as if so simply. The same refers to the texts that look surprisingly simple. First – they, mainly, can be read-perceived not just as texts, but really as poems, which is not frequent today. Second, it is a wonderful example of high-quality stylizing. If you imagine a sort of poetry stylized as "rural lyrics" – then songs by Vytivky will be stylizing for such stylizing. In other words, it is high-quality, deliciously cooked, clever and good-natured banter – whatever you might say, that is a rare phenomenon. That is, we know how to laugh, but with a light heart – there we not always succeed, right? That is why, probably, we should be grateful for the smile in which no sharp claws are hidden. "… kissed dreams and lipped lips..." – just beautiful, in my mind. The guys name their music folk rock. And they do have evident reasons for this. And they look exactly as their music does – funny glasses and strange moustache, behind which there are clear faces and light eyes...