Be warned: Jinjer’s fifth album explodes from the get-go. Its opening track, Tantrum, quickly sets out its stall before setting it on fire, a coiled spring of bile and breakbeats, illustrating some of the lessons the Ukrainians learned touring across Europe with Slipknot back in 2022 in the process. Tantrum? That’s a fucking understatement. Recently, singer Tatiana Shmayluk walked K! through the album, explaining the personal demons and wonderings about the world that have gone into it. Among all this, there’s also a a righteous fury to Duél, in part informed by Russia’s invasion of Jinjer’s homeland, which has resulted in more than 45,000 Ukrainian deaths. Tatiana’s lyrics traditionally conjure vivid imagery of both opulence and awfulness, of people pushed to th...
Be warned: Jinjer’s fifth album explodes from the get-go. Its opening track, Tantrum, quickly sets out its stall before setting it on fire, a coiled spring of bile and breakbeats, illustrating some of the lessons the Ukrainians learned touring across Europe with Slipknot back in 2022 in the process. Tantrum? That’s a fucking understatement. Recently, singer Tatiana Shmayluk walked K! through the album, explaining the personal demons and wonderings about the world that have gone into it. Among all this, there’s also a a righteous fury to Duél, in part informed by Russia’s invasion of Jinjer’s homeland, which has resulted in more than 45,000 Ukrainian deaths. Tatiana’s lyrics traditionally conjure vivid imagery of both opulence and awfulness, of people pushed to th...