User:Артем Чугуєв/Green Smile Mind

Green Smile Mind — Ukrainian indie pop rock band, created in the spring of 2020 in Dnipro.

The musicians define their style as indie rock with echoes of blues, reggae and folk. The band performed songs in Ukrainian and Russian, but after the start of the war they completely switched to Ukrainian.

2020
The group was formed in the spring of 2020. The time when the world is closing in on itself and going into self-isolation turned out to be the best time to create a group. Valery Pogorelov, Yevhen Bakhtiy and Oleg Pylypenko gathered for a spontaneous performance at the "Siaivo" festival. This is where the history of the band began.

Later, Vlad Matviychuk joined the band and the band got its original sound.

The group records songs and clips, performs at the "Siaivo" festival and arranges its personal concerts at "DreamHub" and "Ryba Andrii".

2021
The band is gaining momentum and audience, recording new songs and clips and also performs in "Nevidomyi Petrovskyi", "Terytoriia pozytyvu", "Makhno Pub", as well as at the Ukrainian Playback Festival, "Kukumiavka", "Dity kultury" and the Yoga Festival.

2022
The group writes several new songs, collects old ones and releases the first album "Khaitobisiaivo!", and also performs in "Vino Piano", "Makhno Pub", "Nevidomyi Petrovskyi" and "Terytoriia pozytyvu".

2023
The band releases its second album "Svitlomaskuvannia", and also performs in "Makhno Pub" and "Poplavok".

Their song is played on the radio for the first time, namely "Rockets".

Composition

 * Valerii Pohorelov — vocals, guitar, songwriting
 * Yevhen Bakhtii (Damian Jones) — bass
 * Oleh Pylypenko — djembe, backing vocals, authorship of "secret" songs
 * Vlad Matviichuk — flute, saxophone

Studio albums

 * 2022 — Khaitobisiaivo!


 * 2023 — Svitlomaskuvannia

Video clips

 * 2020 — Выбирайся
 * 2020 — Остров
 * 2020 — Луна
 * 2021 — Никогда не будет снега
 * 2021 — Сяйво
 * 2021 — Лелека
 * 2021 — Дождь
 * 2022 — УкраїнізаціЯ
 * 2022 — Звільнені
 * 2022 — Кам'яна баба
 * 2023 — Ракети