Jan Burian: launch of the new album V Horečka

The musical novelty is written like this: "Of course, it doesn't matter what coat Jan Burian puts on his songs. Their expression and the listener's perception will certainly influence whether they choose big beats, electronics or, as in the case of the V horečce record, the form of austere piano ballads, blues or couplets. In the end, however, the most important text and melody remain. And songs and lyrics, or more precisely, poems set to music from the Zničehonic collection, were successful for Burian. They are more and more like that... I'm almost afraid to write it so that it doesn't sound like irony, but in short, wiser. More reconciled. Concise in a nutshell. "I'm almost old / with an almost young heart / and that makes me almost happy," the author characterized himself right away in the opening song Skoro. Which many people can identify with, even if they are almost... a little younger. Of course, the mentioned wisdom does not include any posturing and schoolboy lecturing. But on the other hand, a lot of honesty, awareness of one's own vulnerability and empathy. Hear, for example, the atheistic sigh of the Tourist.” 11/2024, UNI, Tomáš S. Polivka.