Staraya Derevnya - "Forgot What Was Important" LP

(Ramble Records)Australian import, limited edition black vinyl. <a href="https://starayaderevnya.bandcamp.com/album/forgot-what-was-important">Forgot what was important by staraya derevnya</a>   Compilation of material from 2010 - 2020 from international kraut-folk collective Staraya Derevnya. 'I forgot what was important' is a fantastic primer for the avant-garde collective whose theatrical and visual live performance are as important as their recordings. This one visits krautrock, post-punk, freak folk and art rock.  Lyrics are based on the poems by Arthur Molev and Avenir Snyatkov. Music of the international kraut-folk collective Staraya Derevnya resists any direct comparison. Rob Hayler (Radio Free Midwich) described their live performance as “psychedelic and truly dream-like in a way that so little art described as ‘surreal’ gets anywhere near … a glove-like fit for the hypnagogic experience of losing yourself”. They play an array of ho