Molchat Doma - 'Belaya Polosa' (Cloudy Clear Vinyl LP)

Molchat Doma - 'Belaya Polosa' (Cloudy Clear Vinyl LP)Belarusian post punk synth pop group Molchat Doma have always exuded the kind of brutalist aesthetic that adorns their album art. Its cold, gray, imposing, and industrialyet there are human hearts beating within those foundations. In the wake of their breakthrough success in 2020, the trio endured a polarity of experiences, from the nadir of an uprooted life and forced relocation away from their native Minsk to the apex of headlining massive shows

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Listening to Weeping Icon’s debut album is to enter a dim catacomb of psychical catharsis

After years of building while modestly deferring to others of both greater and lesser notoriety

police sirens

to be present

Most of the album was written around the time it was recorded

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synth-driven songs

The four songs were recorded to 24-track and then mixed to stereo on the same day

After playing hundreds of gigs and festivals over the years we felt that touring had started to influence our writing to the point we weren't sure who we were anymore

adding marimba

is a three-dimensional reckoning with the contradictions of life in all its manic altitudes and claustrophobia