Anna, the creative force behind Polish dark folk project Ols, releases the video for “bez nas” (without us), the final and most emotionally resonant chapter of her album ‘Poświaty’, out now via Pagan Records.
The track is a dreamlike meditation on drifting away, from love, from a former self, and from the sacred myths of childhood. Musically it earns that weight, opening with a melancholic piano that creates a sense of suspended animation before a heavy, guitar-driven chorus influenced by the crushing atmospheres of Cult of Luna shatters the stillness. The contrast is not a device; it is the point. The song mirrors the emotional rupture it describes.
“The world that once felt ‘ours’ no longer belongs to us, and someone we once loved becomes distant and unfamiliar,” says Anna. “‘bez nas’ works like an echo: it recalls and amplifies earlier themes without offering resolution. Instead of closure, it leaves space for melancholy and quiet pain, allowing the afterglow of this story to linger just above the surface.” The track weaves in musical quotations from earlier album cuts and nods to the artists who shaped Anna’s imagination, functioning as a connective thread across the entire record.
‘Poświaty’ is available now in jewelcase CD format with a 20-page booklet including lyrics and translations, and “bez nas” follows previously released videos for “mów do mnie,” “światło III,” “O niej,” and “proch kość liść.”