WINDSWEPT

The Onlooker

SEASON OF MIST

Ukrainian BM standard bearers forge a stripped-down alter ego

With Windswept comprised of three Drudkh members, you could be forgiven a sense of familiarity before a note even hits your ears.

The Onlooker, however, is a more pared-down, and more emotionally nostalgic affair. At times you could be forgiven for thinking you had accidentally hit repeat; from the first track,

Stargazer, Windswept have found their sound and stuck firmly to it – perhaps the only slight on the short and improvised recording process. Yet repeated listens do reveal organic and rich drum work during Gustav

Meyrink’s Prague and the pure, raw emotion in

Roman Saenko’s voice on

Insomnia Of The Old Men is

a wonder to behold. The

Onlooker isn’t genreshattering but there’s no doubt as to its passion.