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About the release

Silver Century brings together six poems written in the early twentieth century. The album draws on Maximilian Voloshin, Innokenty Annensky, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Elisaveta Dmitrieva, Konstantin Balmont and Zinaida Gippius. The texts were chosen as six distinct human situations rather than a survey of a literary period: demanding love, solitude among many worlds, intimacy shaped like an argument, bitter recognition, voluntary blindness and words that are hard to say in time.

The distribution of voices carries part of the meaning. Veya opens the album with Любовь твоя жаждет так много, followed by Yar alone in Среди миров. The central duet Любовь, подобная вражде places male and female perspectives inside the same scene. The remaining songs alternate between solo statements and shared conversation before Слова любви brings the voices together again.

The music belongs to the present: electronic production, pop structure, close vocals and precise live accents. The arrangements follow the rhythm and emotional movement of each poem without requiring literary background from the listener.

The line “a century has passed, but the conversation remains” connects the record. Everyday language and recording technology change; the need to be heard, the fear of losing intimacy and the failure to say enough remain familiar.