Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog ca...
Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog called "A Band A Day" If you'd like to check it out http://www.muscineverdied.com
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Ukraine has some awesome bands whether it be the reggae punk folk act Haydamaky or acoustic guitar acts such as Kontrabas. When you throw funky rock bands like VV thrown into the mix then you would imagine it wouldn’t be hard to come up with a decent folk rock band. Whilst there’s nothing technically bad about the band “The Ukrainians”.
The band is made up of English born Ukrainian descendents and songs on this album are in Ukrainian. The folky style is too depressive and the punk not energetic enough, leaving the sound of the band a little lacklustre.
The arrangement of the melodies seems very contrived. Nothing jumps out and amazes and one song runs into another one. I’d been aware of The Ukrainians for ages but had never got round to giving them a listen, I finally decided to give their debut album a go and can say that I wasn’t missing much by putting off giving them a listen.
There are better folk bands, punk bands, UK bands and Ukrainian bands, they really are very mediocre and I’m not completely convinced by the vocals at all. Released the year Ukraine got independence, this album sounds extremely dated – folk music has moved on no end over the last decade or so but there’s no reason for it to sound so bland.
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