Hleb - Leningrad Reviews
Newest Review: ... music, ska music, instrumentally often perfect with the sniggering vocals of wide boy Shnur who "sings about things ... more
... which are good in life - vodka and girls" also swears a lot and regularly criticises Russian politics.
As the name of the band would suggest, they are based in St. Petersburg and therefore have a dislike of Moscow as any self-respecting person from there would.
Some of the earlier albums by this band are a bit hit and miss and I've not actually heard all of them but this album rarely puts a foot wrong, with Shnur's unique hip-hop/reggae/growling voice backed by supreme instrumental work (tuba, trumpet, saxophones, ...more
Customer Hleb - Leningrad Reviews (1)
by - written on 28/06/08 (Very useful, 295 readings)
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Hleb (bread) is Leningrad's 11th album (or 12th if you include their best hits predecessing this one), it was released by Mysteria Zbuka in Russia in 2005. If you don't know Leningrad, then I will describe them a bit. They are a Russian ska band that set up shop in 1997, they consist of fourteen members who depending on the song may or may not play. The majority of tracks (not instrumental ones obviously) are fronted by vocalist Sergey Shnurov aka "Shnur", who also writes most of the lyrics. Leningrad is jolly music, ska music, instrumentally often perfect with the sniggering vocals of wide boy Shnur who "sings about things which are good in ... Read the complete review
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