Moscow-based rockers Apache Rose break their two-year silence with ‘Hello’, a stadium-sized outcry steeped in emotional detachment and unresolved goodbyes. From the first chord, it’s clear they haven’t returned quietly. This is a bold, riff-fuelled statement that is sharp, anthemic, and unmistakably haunted by what’s no longer there.
If their earlier work hinted at their affection for heavy hitters like Soundgarden and early Foo Fighters, ‘Hello’ makes it impossible to miss. It’s not mimicry as Apache Rose weave familiar DNA into something deeply personal. Frontman Ilya Novokhatskiy drives the narrative with a voice that carries equal parts grit and regret, tracing the slow unravelling of closeness with people, places, and versions of yourself that feel increasingly foreign.
“It started about someone I cared for,” Ilya shares, “but it grew into something bigger- about disconnection from everything, even your past.” That sentiment runs like a thread through every bar of the track, a layered lament cloaked in power chords.
Musically, ‘Hello’ lands with conviction. It struts in with confidence, rides waves of melodic tension, and eventually breaks open with a scorching guitar solo courtesy of Russian rock veteran Korney, a performance that elevates it into something cathartic and sprawling.
The production is tight but not sterile, allowing the track’s emotional core to breathe beneath the thunder of drums and distortion. And the cover art (a warped, almost defiant take on Red Square) visually echoes the song’s message: estrangement from the familiar, pride clashing with pain.
For fans of guitar-heavy alt rock with a heart, Apache Rose’s ‘Hello’ is a call out across geographical and emotional distances, and a reminder that sometimes the loudest songs are the ones trying hardest to reconnect.
