The Russians of I Am Waiting for You Last Summer make one of the most noticeable examples of well-done combination of post-rock and extreme electronics. The extreme here are both the sensations and the noise generated by the musicians but also the atmosphere. Self-Defense is their fourth album and quite possible that the most impressive one.
Obviously what draws attention from the very beginning is the monumental vibe of this enterprise. The first notes of the intro are made of crushingly massive organs that swiftly turn into what fans already know, the band's electropost-rock. It's guitar-fueled and loud but, first of all, based on computer-generated sounds what adds to its fresh modernity but at the same time doesn't reduce the atmosphere. There's less of the mathrock-like chaos and more of this consistent noise with Tides of Nebula and others' vibes.
As it is in the rapid sounds of In Circles, Faux Pas or very cinematic Boiling Point. A track that draws attention is, certainly, also Je Me Demande, very different form the rest of the album ballad with the vocals of the Saint-Petersburg-based artist Gdeto thanks to which, the track sounds absolutely dream pop-like. At least up to a point. The album is meant as a "metaphor for the struggle with the outside world and with oneself", no wonder that the artists add that this is their most emotional and expressive work. We owe it to the world of today.
Self-Defense costs 7 USD.
Check: In Circles
Country: Russia
Genre: electropost-rock
Label: trou blanc