SHORTPARIS

Shortparis are well on their way to deserved international acclaim and already being heralded as “the best Russian live act”. Hailing from St. Petersburg and led by charismatic frontman Nikolay Komiagin, the band continues to build a reputation for its jaw-dropping ritualistic performances and dark, electronic soundscapes, as “irrational, spastic dance grooves” converge with “post-punk, experimental noise and acoustic chanson” to form a musical aesthetic that is one of a kind.

Shortparis present Apple Orchard, their fourth LP. The use of the archaic word for ‘apple’ in its Russian title, Yablonny Sad, is deliberate: the album is an amalgamation of the past and the present, poetry and rigid form, politics and lyricism, dissonances and harmonious common triads, while its expressive edginess is framed by a slow tempo and nearly sentimental lyrics.