Gjurmët

As far as stories from the Yugoslavian music scene, this is up there. Apparently, these guys recorded a song called Karrigat, but due to politically charged lyrics, the Pristina radio station wouldn't play it. Then they recorded this album but couldn't release it because they couldn't quite put out an album cover with the Albanian eagle on it, at least not then. After a year of pushing for a release, it finally came out, albeit in a limited run only on cassette. You can see how and why everyone outside of Kosovo and Albania overlooked the album.

The album is mostly standard new wave layered with a bit of Albanian folk music. Kinda reminds me a bit of Dorian Gray, with the mysterious nature and the synths. Probably would've been better if it wasn't recorded on a cassette. In essence, more talk than substance.