Four years ago, the Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma went viral on TikTok, and their take on post-Soviet melancholy became the soundtrack to moody videos made across the globe.
Belaya Polosa luxuriates in restlessness. Lyrics describe days without sleep, how winter is unrelenting, and why love, if it even exists, sits too far away.
Molchat Doma continues to channel '80s goth-rock sounds in service of their particular brand of gloom, bringing more ebullient, confident instrumentation into the mix.
On Belaya Polosa, most of the album is propelled by frantic drum machines and synths, creating a captivating effect with sounds scrambling over and into each other.
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