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Release Date
18 May 2016
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Length
11 tracks
Bez mezh (Без меж - Without Limits) (2016)
OKEAN ELZY (Океан Ельзи) – Bez Mezh (Без меж)
This latest offering from Okean Elzy, translated at ‘No limits’, was released in May 2016. It is impossible to talk about Ukrainian pop and rock music and not mention this band, especially when they released a new album. Fronted by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Okean Elzy is indisputably the most popular group in Ukraine. The songs on this album seem familiar, comfortable and understandable to the core. They are comforting to some extent, with the old style of rock showing hints of influence from folk melodies and a clear-cut refrain-verse format. While there are no surprises here, this is something that already nobody expects of Okean Elzy – after all, as they say “if it’s not broken, why fix it?” I think ‘Не йди’ (Don’t Go) and ‘Не Твоя Війна’ (Not Your War) are the key standout tracks here, with a fantastic videos to go along with them. I’m equally impressed with the accompanying video for ‘Океан Ельзи жестовою мовою’, which features a very passionate delivery of this song’s vocals in sign language – certainly beats any close-captioned video footage I’ve ever seen.
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