Russia
News: Russian house revivalists ‘Love Object’ announce debut album ‘New Flesh’ coming in December via Italians Do It Better: Watch video for single ‘The Kill’
Love Object were first introduced to the world on Italians Do It Better’s After Dark 3 compilation, via their pulsating EBM/disco single Holodnoe Solnce. Now they return to deliver yet another assault from the electro underground, sharing lead single and video for The Kill, as well as news of debut album New Flesh out on …
Say Psych: Album Review: Gnoomes – Mu!
When Russian outfit Gnoomes released their 2017 LP Tschak! it came after a turbulent period that saw Sasha Piankov temporarily imprisoned for smoking cannabis and also narrowly avoiding mandatory service in the army. After locking themselves in an old soviet radio station with analogue synths to make a record that pulsed with frenetic electronic possibilities, …
Album Review: Pinkshinyultrablast – Miserable Miracles
Pinkshinyultrablast, Russia’s finest export, have released their third album ‘Miserable Miracles’, out now digitally and on vinyl through premiere shoegaze ambassadors Club AC30 (UK) and Shelflife (USA). With vocalist Lyubov recently moving to LA, the band have been exploring new ways of composing and collaborating. Partnered with a line-up refinement, the new material sees Pinkshinyultrablast …
Track: Gnoomes – Cascais
describing their particular brand of psych-rock as being ‘Stargaze’, Russian trio Gnoomes are back with a new track ‘Cascain’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Tschak!’, out on Rocket Recordings on March 10th. As the band explain, the whole recording process and their lives around it have been surrounded with some uncertainty. “Our vocalist has been …
Track: Hospital’s new single Louder to cure summer blues
With their 2013 debut titled When The Trees Were Higher and its 2015 follow-up Uncommon Sense, Hospital firmly established themselves as one of the best indie-pop bands in Russia. Their crunchy guitars, poppy hooks and dreamy lyrics warmed hearts of thousands fans all over the country and beyond. Their music has also appealed to such …