A mediocre album that has long since been topped (The Ukrainians - The Ukrainians)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	The Ukrainians - The Ukrainians
Date:	10/08/09 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: May have been rare at the time of their conception

Disadvantages: Competition is too tough now

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 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" it just doesn't seem to have that much bite.

The band is made up of English born Ukrainian descendents and songs on this album are in Ukrainian. The folk 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.

1 Zavtra
2 Slava Kobzarya
3 Chi Znayes Ty
4 Shche Raz
5 Nadia Pishla
6 Doroha
7 Rospyrahaite
8 Dvi Lebidky
9 De Ye Moya
10 Pereyidu
11 Tebe Shdu
12 Son

Summary: Not the best album