Jinjer has been doing their part to help their fellow Ukrainians as Russia relentlessly attacks the country.
The band was recently asked by Oran O'Beirne of Bloodstock TV if the war has inspired new music in any way, to which vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk responded "Not really." Shmayluk elaborated that it's much easier to touch on war-related topics when it's not happening at your home, and that it's not really time to make music about war right now.
"Not really. I don't know why. Honestly, I've written some war songs way before Jinjer, first of all, and way before war even started in Ukraine. And I don't know how, but it's easy for me to write about war when it's not happening around me. But when it started, I was absolutely devastated and paralyzed creatively. I cannot write about that. I still cannot process that. I think it's such a great trauma that it takes years and years to process, not only for me but mostly for the citizens of Ukraine, for the victims. I really think that it's not my time to write another war song right now."
Bassist Eugene Abdukhanov jumped in to clarify the "war song" statement. "Actually, we've never had war songs. We've never written anything which is militaristic or anything like that… We have a number of songs in our discography which are peacemaking songs, songs which call for peace, and calling them war songs can be a bit misleading because it may just make people think differently of what they really are, to be honest.
"Tatiana says that, well, she hasn't written any lyrics but we have written a number of compositions musically in these circumstances since the war started. So definitely there is a creative reflection of the events already."
Jinjer, P.O.D., and Space Of Variations will hit the road together in late October with either Vended and Malevolence as support depending on which date you attend.
w/ Vended
10/31 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
11/1 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
11/3 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore
11/5 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
11/7 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
11/9 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11/10 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live
11/11. – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
11/13 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
11/14 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
11/15 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
11/17 – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore
11/19 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Roxian
11/20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
11/21 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
11/23 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
w/ Malevolence
12/7 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
12/8 – Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
12/10 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
12/11 – Nashville., TN – Marathon Music Works
12/13 – Tampa, FL – Jannus Landing
12/14 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
12/16 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre
12/17 – Austin, TX – Emo's
12/18 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
12/20 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
12/21 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
12/22 – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern
