By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam
Review: Bitter Blue – Levity EP – Release date, May 3, 2026
Where is modern pop rock coming from these days? Simple answer – everywhere. The more complicated one – how does it fit in within general trends in modern music, how does it cross language barriers, and quite a few other questions that determine whether it has a chance to reach a wider audience anywhere in this streaming world we live in.
So here we have a clear example of a modern pop rock band trying to resolve all of the mentioned and unmentioned questions above os that it all works in their favor – a quartet coming out of city of Niš, Serbia, led by one Luka Nikolić, a guy that, along with his three bandmates (Stefan Milojković, drummer and producer, Milan Mirić and Miloš Dabetić) obviously has immersed himself in all that has been brewing within the broad indie rock spectrum since the late nineties on, and that he and the gang have sublimated in the five tracks here with quite some aplomb and ease, crossing the language barrier to by doing it all quite well in English language too.
Yet, the key here lies in the fact that Nikolić wasn’t really thinking much about how to make his music palpable to as many listeners as possible, but how to express himself and the rest of the band in the best manner it suits them:
“After years of playing in bands, I didn’t want to compromise anymore. That might sound harsh but the point is I wanted this EP to be unapologetically me, without any filters in the way. At the same time, I knew I wanted some of my best friends to be involved; people I’d known and loved for years but somehow never put anything to tape with, as it were. This made the process enjoyable without sacrificing any of the work’s artistic integrity.”
Taking this approach Bitter Blue have fulfilled the first conditions to make them cross the musical borders, if there are any.
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