{"id":582,"date":"2010-02-04T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=582"},"modified":"2010-02-04T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:13:00","slug":"review-zrada-cultural-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/02\/04\/review-zrada-cultural-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Zrada Cultural Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ZRADA CULTURAL ACADEMY<br \/>\n<em>Zrada Cultural Academy<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-581\" title=\"zrada\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/zrada.jpg\" alt=\"zrada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Formed in 2005, local act Zrada Cultural Academy is an earth-shattering mix of traditional Ukrainian folk, metal, ska and punk rock. Held together by soulful Balkan and Slavic melodies leading into epic guitar shreds, Zrada\u2019s album is 16 tracks of harmonious majesty, intricately crafted with raucous rock attitude. Beginning with the introductory question, \u201cWhat Was Born In&#8230;?\u201d Zrada moves into \u201cGive Me Liquor,\u201d a lament about excess. Songs like \u201cDark Skies\u201d and \u201cQuick Waters\u201d are melodically grandiose, while songs like \u201cParade\u201d and \u201cIn the Woods is a Path\u201d are fantastic forays into fantasy metal. One of the best cuts \u201cThe Young Writer\u201d begins with a punk rock opening before diving into a funk section, all the while held together with traditional dance sensibilities. Although the entire album is entirely in Ukrainian, you don\u2019t have to have a command of the Slavic language to enjoy it immensely. Mark my words, this album is absolutely incredible and a fitting testament to Winnipeg\u2019s incredible music scene and rich Ukrainian history. (Independent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zrada-music.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.zradamusic.com<\/a>) <strong>Kent Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZRADA CULTURAL ACADEMY Zrada Cultural Academy Formed in 2005, local act Zrada Cultural Academy is an earth-shattering mix of traditional Ukrainian folk, metal, ska and punk rock. Held together by soulful Balkan and Slavic melodies leading into epic guitar shreds, Zrada\u2019s album is 16 tracks of harmonious majesty, intricately crafted with raucous rock attitude. Beginning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[563,1142],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-local","tag-zrada-cultural-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}