single by Owl Cries, on the threshold of debut album release

Another Elephant Day in the Avicenna's Evening Fields

Debut Owl Cries' LP

Release Date: 30/11/2014
Studio: Psyke
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Lenght: 1:01:49

All tracks were recorded in the home studio of Serg Antoshkin - "Psyke"
All music is written by Owl Cries

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Stream '(no matter) what i said' single (including 'invisible man' b-side): band.link/nomatterwhatisaid

Written, performed and produced by Władek Sheen. Recorded in 2023–2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Mixing, mastering, additional screaming: Alexey Polyakov instagram.com/beatpol.vinyl;
Cover photo: Kristina Klepikova.

LYRICS:

i'm an invisible man
make me visible
i'm an invisible man
don't make me visible
i'm an invisible man
make me visible
i'm an invisible man
don't make me visible

man, if i had power
if i had wealth
if i had courage
if i had health
if i had some passion
if i had the guts
if i had the reason
i wouldn't be invisible

i'm an invisible man
make me visible
i'm an invisible man
don't make me visible
i'm an invisible man
make me visible
i'm an invisible man
don't make me visible

(when you're invisible
it feels like you're invincible
you don't have to win)
i am a lost cause
i am so weak
i got no control
i struggle to speak
(it seems impossible
to lose when you're invisible)
i break under pressure
i doubt myself
it makes me uneasy
it makes me feel invisible

(i'm invisible)
i'm an invisible man
(i'm invisible)
make me visible
(i'm invisible)
i'm an invisible man
(i'm invisible)
don't make me visible
(i'm invisible)
i'm an invisible man
(i'm invisible)
make me visible
(i'm invisible)
i'm an invisible man
don't make me visible

(no matter) what i said [Single]

(no matter) what i said

invisible man

Released: March 4, 2015 on VOLNA.AFISHA.RU
Recorded: Moscow, Russia, December 2014 - February 2015
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: ACTPA

Personnel: 
Vadim Tikhonov - guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals; 
Wladek Sheen - guitars, backing vocals, keys; 
Ruslan Tikhonov - bass guitar, backing vocals; 
Denis Kuznetsov - drums, djembe;
Artyom Amatuni - engineering, mixing, mastering; 
Alyona Chepurchenko - cover artwork.

Babel

Written and performed by St. Waters instagram.com/eauxdesaint
Record Producers: Vlad Chernin instagram.com/vschernin, Ruslan Tikhonov instagram.com/rstikhonov
Recorded at reptochqa instagram.com/reptochqa in 2024. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Music: Jonibek Sharapov instagram.com/anditmakesmewonder, Aziz Ganiev instagram.com/elgatodestein, Nodirbek Allanazarov, Artur Khafizov
Cover art: Artur Khafizov instagram.com/bombastischerseitenblick_

Tashkent-Worldwide

September

Written and performed by St. Waters instagram.com/eauxdesaint
Record Producers: Vlad Chernin instagram.com/vschernin, Ruslan Tikhonov instagram.com/rstikhonov
Recorded at reptochqa instagram.com/reptochqa in 2024. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Music: Jonibek Sharapov instagram.com/anditmakesmewonder, Aziz Ganiev instagram.com/elgatodestein, Nodirbek Allanazarov, Artur Khafizov
Lyrics: Artur Khafizov instagram.com/bombastischerseitenblick_
Cover art: Artur Khafizov

LYRICS:
Gonna start this not-asked-for narration mid through
Neural everything-bagel with almost no expression in my cerebrum
We had a fatally blissful interaction in a dining room
I wish to see you again soon

“You've got great hips 
I've been shaking ever since 
You told me no love could live in this house 
Then you turned up the insides inside out”

“Emotional affair 
Overly sincere 
Smoking in the car, windows up 
Crocodile tears — 
run the tap till it's clear”

Score

Written and performed by St. Waters instagram.com/eauxdesaint
Record Producers: Vlad Chernin instagram.com/vschernin, Ruslan Tikhonov instagram.com/rstikhonov
Recorded at reptochqa instagram.com/reptochqa in 2024. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Music: Jonibek Sharapov instagram.com/anditmakesmewonder, Aziz Ganiev instagram.com/elgatodestein, Nodirbek Allanazarov, Artur Khafizov
Lyrics: Artur Khafizov instagram.com/bombastischerseitenblick_
Cover art: Artur Khafizov

LYRICS:
Sitting in the office that is not mine 
I used to work here, but it’s not this time
Watching Phoebe playing – she’s so fine
I love the wit in her lyrics, almost every line

Phoebe plays and I look at her hands
She sings about sexting and a member of her band
So many stories I feel second-hand
I guess it’s about time to make it end

And I love hands

I have a friend – she has a certain way to hug
Another friend – deceased, it’s pity she lacked luck
I loved her shoulders, as I liked those of a fashion enthusiast –
Struck me with the way she sounds, then we made friends, then we made love

Love hands

Love Hands

Written and performed by St. Waters instagram.com/eauxdesaint
Record Producers: Vlad Chernin instagram.com/vschernin, Ruslan Tikhonov instagram.com/rstikhonov
Recorded at reptochqa instagram.com/reptochqa in 2024. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Music: Jonibek Sharapov instagram.com/anditmakesmewonder, Aziz Ganiev instagram.com/elgatodestein, Nodirbek Allanazarov, Artur Khafizov
Lyrics: Artur Khafizov instagram.com/bombastischerseitenblick_
Cover art: Artur Khafizov

LYRICS:
If you die
I don't know whether I would cry,
I don't know what would you do if I die

Do we lie?
You — to you, me — to me
If we do so, then why?

I am terrified,
Can't distinguish clearly
Whether it's you or I

I feel calm,
I feel high,
When I'm low I don't cry, I don't lie

Do you lie?
Do you lie to me or to you?
or is it both you and i?

I am terrified
I feel high
I don't cry, I don't lie...

…Oh, hi

Oct. 1

Dance

Lead single from my debut solo album, scheduled for release later this year. The track blends elements of hyperpop, noise rock, pop punk, and indietronica.

“time to part(y)” reflects the realization of what I want to do as a solo artist in the near future. When I started releasing singles two years ago, I often tried to distance myself as much as possible from the alt-rock and Midwest emo I used to play in Cruel Tie. Later I realized I couldn’t — and didn’t want to — erase 15 years of shared history with the band. At the same time, I’m not about to give up on eclecticism and experimenting with other genres. Right now I’m interested in creating combinations that never even occurred to me before. In the new track, I actually used a guitar idea I came up with back in Moscow in 2020, which I originally intended to turn into a Cruel Tie song. The title “time to part(y)” references the band’s old name, All Tomorrow’s Parties, and also plays on words: ‘part’ — to separate, to say goodbye; ‘party’ — a celebration. I’m sharing my feelings about the uncertain relationship with the band (which I’m unlikely to continue playing with, even though I did take part in their upcoming new album). I also talk about feeling out of place everywhere I go, but at the same time about being ready to reset and start functioning stronger and freer, without the shackles that used to hold me back.

Stream everywhere: band.link/timetopart
Recorded March 2024–June 2025. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Composed, performed, produced, and mixed by Władek Sheen instagram.com/wladeksheen.

LYRICS:
I should've said to you, "so long", long ago
It's so much easier to be just on my own
Going solo
Not what I wanted, but I
Think I'm gonna
Grab my stuff and see myself out

It was nice while it lasted, it lasted long
It was nice being us, being hopeful and strong
It was nice, now it's not, all the trust is gone
And from now on you'll be in my past
Nice to know you once, now it's time to go

This party's boring, don't feel like staying for long
Don't want to spoil it by doing something wrong
This social circle doesn't fit me, but I
Will grab a bottle and feel alright
Fermented beverages will ease my mind
Chain-smoking cigarettes will help me pass the time
I'm a phony
I don't belong here, but I
Think I'm gonna
Gonna be just fine

When the right moment comes I will see myself out
When the right moment comes I won't have a doubt
When the right moment comes I will say it out loud
Need a time-out, need a fresh start
We have partied enough, now it's time to part
(Right now!)

I'm a phony
I don't belong here
(It's time to go)
I'm a phony
I don't belong here
(So long)
I'm a phony
I don't belong here
(It's time to go)
I'm a phony
I don't belong here
(So long)

time to part(y) [Single]

time to part(y)

Stream elsewhere: band.link/ostracized

Recorded in July 2025. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Władek Sheen instagram.com/wladeksheen — vocals, guitars, bass, songwriting, production, mixing, cover art;
Alyona Kim instagram.com/__kim__15__ — tom drums.

LYRICS:
Come on, be bold
Stop dwelling in denial
Deep down you know
You're far from being fine
Always hiding
In your home-like
Prison of your own device

Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing to fit in again and again
Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing to fit in again

I'm failing
Failing again
I'm failing
Again

Mental disorders got the best of me
I scared away all of my friends
That's okay, but I never meant to be
An expert in ostracizing myself

It's just the way I behave
I don't know how to explain
Nothing feels worth trying again
There's nothing to claim, no one to blame

Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing to fit in again and again
Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing to fit in

Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing to fit in again and again
Ostracized myself
This is how I've dealt
With me failing
(I'm failing)
I'm failing, I'm failing
I'm failing again
I'm failing, I'm failing
I'm failing
Again

ostracized myself [Single]

ostracized myself

Cruel Tie is a four-piece alternative rock band formed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but now resided in Moscow, Russia. They are composed of:

Vadim Tikhonov - guitars, vocals;
Władek Sheen - guitars, vocals, synthesizers;
Ruslan Tikhonov - bass guitar;
Vladislav Chernin - drums, percussion.

Babel

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