I stared deeply — single

Velvet sounds different in the hands of a connoisseur. You decide how you want to hear this music—MP3 for everyday, wherever you are, or WAV for those evenings when the music deserves its full richness and every detail sounds just like in the recording studio. The choice is yours.

The album closes with a powerful, deep composition based on a poem by Vladimir Vysotsky. The track plunges the listener into the smoky atmosphere of New Orleans with its low, gravelly baritone, stride piano, and Dixieland-style brass section (96 BPM). The philosophical lyrics about fleeting time, a metaphorical squirrel, and paralyzing beauty are complemented by a long, painful, and incredibly emotional trumpet solo that slowly fades into silence.