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Combing Yiddish tradition and lyrics maybe a confusing concept to some but that is exactly what Ida and Niklas Olniansky did with their music. Unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s the singing, they style of style of singing, or the lyrical subject they are singing about but it just doesn’t quite fit with the material. A lot of it is finely written with their debut album “As a Bird and a Golem Dances”, but the vocals are not meshing in a lot of places and I don’t who was in charge of the mixing but it could have been done a lot better than it was. The guitar is what impresses me the most, the guitars and drums are rhythmic and flow in between the vocals effortlessly. I’m not trying to put down the efforts Ida and Niklas are putting out here nor the stories that are full of history but I think a little more time should have been into this project.

There are some positive aspects to this debut, the guitars are hauntingly beautiful on “A Mol iz Geven a Mayse” and the instrumental “Czardas” is dark and atmospheric with an incredible guitar lead carrying an upbeat temp that will have you bobbing your head along with it. “A Mabi fun Mashke” is one of the tracks where it sounds like the vocals are actually in balance with the rest of the music with a power chorus that is very enjoyable to listen to as well as with “Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym”.

I would encourage anyone to give “As a Bird and a Golem Dances” a listen themselves before ruling it out completely, this definitely something that steps outside the boundaries of traditional. Hopefully they’ll be more comfortable with their sound and bring in a little more balance on future albums.