Red Horses
Red Horses is a product of Sparrow Night - a weekly workshop held by Oleh and his friends in the kitchen of their Crown Heights apartment where they motivate each other to make art on a regular basis. Each Sunday over several months, Oleh brought in a brand new song to be critiqued by his roommates, friends, and other local artists. The result is a cohesive collection of intimate moments, stories, and quips, all carrying the same thread.
Oleh recorded Red Horses in his bedroom with a 10-year-old USB microphone and a laptop - mixing, mastering, and producing the album along the way. One day, Oleh played the album to his friend Jared van Fleet (Beirut, Voxtrot, Sparrow House), who had the idea of layering in a soft cushion of piano, bass, and percussion. What was originally conceived as a stark acoustic record grew into its own with Jared’s attuned and intuitive ear.
Red Horses is an album of seduction, alienation, and loss of innocence. While not a concept album, it employs a cast of characters and makes frequent allusions to theater, fortune-telling, and 90’s pop culture. Much of the record is autobiographical, supplemented by childhood lore, altered memories, and dreams taken to their most absurd conclusion.