MORWAN - Vse Po Kolu, Znovu

Recorded between Berlin and the shadows of memory, "Vse Po Kolu, Znovu" marks the return of Morwan, the project of Alex Ashtaui, and at the same time its point of highest emotional tension. Eight tracks that breathe like a single wounded organism, oscillating between ritualistic post-punk, avant-garde rock and a shoegaze echo that dissolves into noise.

Here the heaviness isn't just sonic: it's an existential pressure, because Ashtaui sings - or perhaps whispers - of bodies collapsing in the loop of experience and identities consumed by repetition ("everything in a circle, again"). The album tells the story of a spiral of self-destruction and the impossible desire for rebirth, like a return to square one just to feel something real again.

The single "Bez Oblychchya" opens the vortex, with a hypnotic bassline, tight drums and a mantra of alienation that seems to want to merge the most obsessive Swans with a post-Soviet take on post-punk. The title track (written in 2020), on the other hand, makes time implode: the guitars turn into concentric circles, the synths trace an artificial heartbeat while the voice slips away somewhere between prayer and surrender.

Compared to previous work, the production is denser, more aggressive, almost industrial. The Middle Eastern inflections - a Morwan trademark - are no longer mere decoration but open wounds within the fabric of the sound. The record pulses like a machine holding its breath, yet remains deeply human throughout.

"Vse Po Kolu, Znovu" could be described as a sonic liturgy for anyone still searching for meaning in collapse. The Ukrainian musician offers no consolation, only a lucid reflection of vertigo, in a work that isn't meant for comfort. Because these notes tear open a gap through which to recognize one's own face in the dark.

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11/12/2025