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rock band Jitters recorded at Vyacheslav Bankevich's studio in

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and self-released on June 1, 2006. All songs were written by Konstantin Karman in the English language. The presentation of the

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was held on October 25, 2006, at the

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club “.” In 2007, the EP was re-released as part of the split-album '' Split Before, Together Now'' by the band's

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and Jitters.

Critical reception

In a positive review on “a mini-album or maxi-single,” Slap, author over at the portal Xlam.by, noted that “the album is even as to the quality of the musical material, with an integral mood, has a pair of unconditional hits” and it broadcasts “the modern sound of rock and roll”. Tat’yana Zamirovskaya from BelGazeta described the music of Jitters in the review of the album Split Before, Together Now with the words, “annoying, authentic and blues-like eccentric – it has a crazy dancing Gomez-like and Happy Mondays-like style, and there are no pretentious reflections.” The naughtiness and dance guitar rock of Jitters were appreciated by Alena Sobolevskaya from

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, on the pages of which she compared the music of the band with the works of

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, Blur, and

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Track listing

Personnel

Jitters: * Konstantin Karman — lead vocals, bass. * Ivan Barzenka — guitars, back vocals, keyboards. * Syargey Kondratenka — guitars. * Pavel Kudrin — drums. Production: * Vyacheslav Bankevich — recording and mixing.

References

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External links

Download the EP (Bandcamp)
Britpop EPs Jitters (band) albums 2006 EPs Rock EPs EPs by Belarusian artists