Yurcash

Yurcash (also Yurkesh; Юркеш) is a Ukrainian folk punk rock band formed in Kyiv in 2004 by singer Yurko Yurchenko. The band’s ideological basis is described as “friendly and welcoming punk”, and the musicians characterise their style as “intelligent–intellectual punk rock with elements” of many other genres. Yurcash reached a wide television audience as superfinalists of the eighth season of the Ukrainian TV talent show X-Factor in 2017, finishing second, and later participated in Ukraine’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.