Zaovdeilizaponeti

Malo je paradoksalan taj period izmedju treceg i cetvrtog albuma Block Outa. Bend je istovremeno radio kao dobro podmazana masina i na povrsini izgledao kao mrtav les koji je ziv samo na papiru. Slicna je sudbina prvog albuma kreativne jezgre benda, Nikole Vranjokovica. Zaovdeilizaponeti je pokazatelj da iako je bilo blage stagnacije u bendu, da rad Nikole ne staje.

Dosta pun introspektivnih konotacija, ovdje Nikolino tekstopisajuce umijece sija, sa tematika od licnog zivota do politickih sfera, tekstualno slicno Block Outu, ali instrumentalno vise naginjujuci nekom ambijentalnom, post-rock aranzmanu, s kojim je Block Out koketirao u nekim pjesama.

Gledajuci ovako listu pjesama, na prvu album ima silaznu putanju. Dosta jak na pocetku sa kulminacijom u pjesmom Gusari, koja svu negativnu energiju prethodnih pjesama nekako kontrira u blago pozitivan spin. Zanimljivo. Jedini minus je zadnja, ambijentalna numera od 15 mintua koja mi nema ama bas nikakvog smisla jer je i previse duga i temtaski jako oskudna. U sustini, moze se preskocit, a samim tim ostatak albuma bi dobio jos vise na vrijednost, sto je plus.
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The period between Block Out's third and fourth albums is a bit paradoxical. The band simultaneously worked like a well-oiled machine and looked like a dead corpse that was only alive on paper. The fate of the first album by the creative core of the band, Nikola Vranjokovic, was similar. The fact that it was released here is an indication that although there was a slight stagnation in the band, Nikola's work does not stop.

Quite full of introspective connotations, here Nikola's songwriting skills shine, with topics ranging from personal life to political spheres, textually similar to Block Out, but instrumentally leaning more towards some ambient, post-rock arrangement, with which Block Out flirted in some songs.

Looking at the track list like this, the first album has a downward trajectory. Quite strong at the beginning with the culmination in the song Gusari, which somehow counters all the negative energy of the previous songs into a slightly positive spin. Interesting. The only downside is the last, 15-minute ambient track that makes absolutely no sense to me because it's too long and thematically very sparse. In essence, it can be skipped, and the rest of the album would gain even more value, which is a plus.