PICTURES

PICTURES are all about unpretentious guitar music. Their songs are organic, but not stale, hackneyed, or crude. “Timeless” is not a good word, but it’s also appropriate, because no one is forcing it. They achieve it through clear, accessible, and multi-layered songs, and of course through lead singer Maze Exler’s individual and intense vocals, a voice that shows humility in the face of life. Their new album, ‘IT’S OK’ gives us the whole range: edgy but still melodic, loud but still atmospheric. It’s an album that is more of a lifestyle, a new, audible relaxedness. At the same time, the record is also a suggestion for how to describe an attitude, a current mood, and a future approach: IT’S OK. It‘s the perfect reflection of the band at this moment. It’s more raw, louder, more ambitious. If aliens were to ask for a few records from 2021, ‘IT’S OK’ would definitely confuse them, as it is completely different from anything else on offer.