Песня За (Piestnia Za)

Песня За is a very long song in four parts composed by George on 16th April 1985. You pronounce those two Russian words “Piestnia Za”, and that means something like “Song for…”

We decided to make this into an EP so that all four parts of the song could be separated and listened to as individual tracks, all whilst keeping the full-length version of the song as a single track on the album to which it belongs.

Here is what George had to say about Песня За in May 2025.

Песня За (Piestnia Za): Ah, the epic. I still like parts one and four, but parts two and three… no. Part two is so intense, it’s a tough listen and one I can’t manage again without having to hide in a small cupboard. Too much soul. The lyrics and vocal performance are both way too close to the bone. I remember trying to play this with Ken at Matridge Festival and I just couldn’t do it and stopped. Not like me at all, but there we are. Later somebody said, “You must have felt like that for a long time,” and it was true. Part three is just… padding? There are a couple of nice riffs in there but it’s mostly just a lot of notes and noise. This whole thing would be far better if there were no vocals and the third part were to be edited drastically. That very first chord is the one that suddenly came to me in Indian Summer. I quite like the version of Песня За played by just Marc and me when we were in Wud. There are no vocals! The EDP Wasp is not really the right sound, perhaps the same city as the ballpark is in, but no closer. At least the thing plays the right part. Mostly!

More at the Wud Records website:
* https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-v-side-a/

More at SoundCloud:
* https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/sets/band-of-georges-piestnia-za-ep
* https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/sets/band-of-georges-volume-v-side-a