Made under wartime conditions with a stated narrative of self-actualization, VOVK‘s new bilingual two-songer Tiger/Tyhr is out today ahead of the trio starting an Eastern European tour alongside Ukrainian countrymen Stoned Jesus. The band’s atmospheric take is wrought through start-stop riffing and a relevant perspective on creativity that of course extends beyond just the idea of someone leaving their comfort zone, though it’s fitting that the music should find the revamped three-piece pushing themselves outside their own as well. Someone smarter than me once said that, whatever else it does, all art tells the story of its own creation. So here we are.

Best wishes to VOVK on the upcoming tour, and as American attentions turn toward domestic unrest rather than, let’s face it, aiding Ukraine in what’s for us a proxy war against Russia — not our first of this still-young-ish century — it’s crucial to remember that this conflict of aggression drags on regardless of what the news cycle here is covering. Hey did anyone hear about some schmuck buying Twitter? Again, so here we are.

Tiger/Tyhr is out today on various digital outlets. Support:

The Ukrainian band VOVK presents double single Tiger | Tyhr

Available here: https://vovk.bandcamp.com/album/tiger-tyhr

On November 8th 2022, Ukrainian prog/post-hardcore band VOVK presents their latest double single Tiger | Tyhr and a lyric video accompanying it. It’s a first for the band that releases in both languages: English and Ukrainian, and will be a part of a future album. The song was written 2 years ago and had only an English version, but after a successful DakhaBrakha cover, the band decided to switch to Ukrainian.

The song is about a person that is too afraid to get out of their comfort zone. They are not committing to important deeds due to a constant fear of failure, which leads to undervaluing their own successes. In times of war, people frequently feel that their help or donations are too little or even meaningless, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Every single bit of help brings us closer to victory.

The song was being worked on by the new VOVK line-up, which consists of Oleksandr Kuts, joined by Yevhenii Khrulov (Pustosh, Ooze), and Yehor Druzenko (Ooze). Due to constant power infrastructure bombings from russia, recording process stalled and the band was forced to push the release over and over again, and frequent power outages prevented smooth mastering of the track.

Recording, mixing and mastering was made at Lizard Audio studio under Roman Bondar’s watchful eye.

Lyric video was shot by Nataliia Ivasiuk, and edited by Dmytro Koshyk.

Right after this release, VOVK is going on tour with Stoned Jesus visiting Eastern Europe and collecting donations for Ukrainian volunteers. First concert is on November 10 followed by 11 concerts in 7 countries of Europe.

VOVK w/ Stoned Jesus:
10.11 Kablys – Vilnius, LT
11.11 Sveta Baar – Tallinn, EE
12.11 Vagonu Haal – Riga, LV
13.11 Lemmy – Kaunas, LT
14.11 Drizzly Grizzly – Gdansk, PL
15.11 Pod Minoga – Poznan, PL
16.11 Hybrydy – Warsaw, PL
17.11 Fuga – Bratislava, SK
18.11 Form Space – Cluj-Napoca, RO
19.11 Mixtape 5 – Sofia, BG
20.11 Expirat – Bucharest, RO

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VOVK, “Tiger” lyric video