Британский журнал Uber Rock опубликовал рецензию на дебютный альбом группы Республика Марс:
Rock music is a universal language right? That’s just as well, because ‘Kto-to Ushol’ (‘Someone’s Gone’) by Respublika Mars is recorded and presented entirely in Russian. Thank goodness the press release engages in a bit of timely transliteration and translation, because otherwise I’d struggle to tell you anything about this album, including the band name and title, bar the fact that musically it’s rather good.
With a line-up consisting of Ig (drums), Fuzzzone (guitars), DAG (vocals), Nail (keys) and Lark (bass), Respublika Mars deliver an album of 13 tracks of hard rocking, alt.rock-tinged heavy metal that pretty much do what it says (in Russian) on the tin. That said, the predominantly straightforward riff-based rock is supplemented by Fuzzzone’s lively and at times quirky guitar work, DAG’s slightly punky vocals, and some surprising and pleasing songwriting twists. All band members apparently have previous form though “intentionally don’t mention their previous projects in order to avoid associations with their past achievements.”
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