Дайте танк 3x
Pop with an artistic edge. Accessible yet original. Дайте танк (Give Tank), officially spelled with an exclamation mark in parentheses, describes their style as Гаражный рок для танцоров-интровертов, скучающих по русскому языку, Garage rock for introverted dancers who miss the Russian language. A small but special target audience.
With the added bonus of strong lyrics. See Тексты Дайте танк (!) – лучшие в русской музыке (СЕИН, 2020, 24 m) and «Ещё одна новая волна»: читаем тексты группы Дайте Танк (!) (Yandex Zen, 2019).
From Kolomna (or Коломна), active since 2007. More on Genius.com and Wikipedia in English and Russian.
Крепость
There’s a new album from Дайте танк (!): Человеко-часы. Featuring tracks like Шанс, Сказки, and the one below.
Lyrics;
guitar tutorial.
Don’t miss the performance by
Алёна and Михаил.
Три четверти (2018)
Мы построим и разрушим
Проще выжить мёртвым душам
Нас ничто не беспокоит, и никто не огорчит
Всё сломаем и сожжём
К сердцу путь найдём ножом
Неужели до сих пор стучит?
Lyrics; see also
here.
The 2018 clip is on
YouTube, and here’s a fan video from 2019.
From the album
См. рис. 2 (2018).
Утро (2016)
Это не первое и не последнее утро, This is neither the first nor the last morning.
Мы слишком молоды, чтобы вести себя мудро. We are too young to behave wisely.
Lyrics, lyrics with
translation.
There’s also a
live recording from 2017, and performances by
Лума (2019) in the grass and by
Маяк (2017) in the kitchen. Play it yourself with this
tutorial.
From
Радио Огонь (2016).
More from Дайте танк (!)
On Instagram, VK, and their website.
Watch Коротко о Дайте Танк(!) (Динислам Ахметьянов, 2019, 4 m) and Поговорим про – “Дайте танк (!)” (Хрущёвка, 2016, 10 m).
Read «Дайте танк (!)» записали один из главных альбомов года на русском языке (Meduza, 2020) and «Я обычный»: лидер «Дайте танк (!)» о Коломне, русском роке и фестивале «Боль» (Afisha Daily, 2019).
More music
Check out their performance on NTV (2020, 56 m).
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).
See also
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
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