Vuara – Less & Without (Меньше Слов & Без Людей)
Brace yourself for something that looks a bit friendlier than it sounds: Vuara from Petrozavodsk or Петрозаводск (Karelia). Their self-description (on Bandcamp) reads more like a warning: “A clot of dark and chaotic sound straight from the belly of Karelian swamps, escaping from the throat with a cry of socio-political longing.”
Vuara is still young. Music videos are for later, and their repertoire is still limited. Just one album, but it weighs heavy enough for two: Свобода шума (Freedom of Noise, 2020). Here are two songs: one about less (words) and one about without (people). Even with the lyrics in front of you, understanding them is an art in itself – and today we’re focusing on that reading aspect.
В словах всё меньше слов
(lyrics also available with the track on
Bandcamp)
when silence deafened the air,
when thought understood idleness,
a dull dream was torn apart by the crackling
of vocal cords
hearing lost its touch
from the burns of silence
and in words there are fewer and fewer words
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