Molchat Doma, which plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 28, 2024. Credit: Photo by Alina Pasok
Belarusian coldwave export Molchat Doma is ripe for disciples of The Cure, Depeche Mode and Talk Talk, but Americans long-addicted to Tik Tok might know the trio from 2020 when the guys went viral for their song “Sudno” (“Vessel”), which appeared in more than 150,000 clips that year.
On the road in support of a 2024 album, Belaya Polosa, Molchat Doma—which knows a thing or two about dictators—brings Los Angeles post-punk outfit Sextile along for the ride.
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...
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