Molchat Doma – Belaya Polosa [Colored Vinyl] [Clear Vinyl]

Belarusian post-punk / synth pop group Molchat Doma have always exuded the kind ofbrutalist aesthetic of the architecture that adorns their album art. It’s cold, gray, imposing,industrial-and yet there are human hearts beating within those foundations. In the wake oftheir breakthrough success in 2020, the trio endured a polarity of experiences, from the nadirof an uprooted life and forced relocation away from their native Minsk to the apex of headlining massive shows across the world. It was in this headspace that the band settled into theirnew home of Los Angeles to finish writing their fourth album Belaya Polosa, a testamentto change in difficult times, a love letter to the digital pulse of the ’90s, and a technicolorreinvention of the band’s somber dancefloor anthems.From the opening synth swell and drum machine throb of “Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh’ Kto Ya,” tothe goth / post-punk austerity of “Son”, to the swirling electronic textures mixed with reverbdrenc