smetana - Háv Exkluzivity (2017) EN

Sad songs about feelings. This time from Czech Republic. The duo called smetana, instead of dreampop's softness, makes use of almost coldwave in feeling rawness and sad vocals combined with catchy melodies.

The best example of the latter is probably "Dno Snění" (Dream's Bottom) with appearing in almost every line, if I'm not mistaken, Mona Lisa. Jakub Hamari, who owns this cold, atmospheric voice, sings accompanied with the compositions by Honza Čapek, a real Renaissance man as he deals with every other piece of instrumentarium here. Actually every track by smetana has this ability to be hummed and melancholia-triggering at the same time.

The project's name is (probably) a tribute to Bedřich Smetana, the father of Czech classical music. The inspiration is really ambitious, the young and talented Czechs are worth closer look.

"Háv Exkluzivity" is available for 2 EUR (50 CZK).

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