If you've been on the lookout for captivating bands in recent years that have embraced the dark side of post-punk without acting as simple copyists, you won't have been able to get past bands from Russia. HUMAN TETRIS from Moscow, whose name derives from a strange Japanese TV show, have recaptured that spirit together with the style-related MANICURE and especially the brilliant MOTORAMA, whose "Pine" sounds like one of the best songs from JOY DIVISION's "Unknown Pleasures" album. With songs like "Things I don't need" or "Machine" HUMAN TETRIS manage to create a dark and at the same time melancholic aura, which for example INTERPOL already exemplified on their debut album (and never achieved again), to interweave it with the artificial darkness of JOSEF K, THE WAKE (think of their song "Judas") or ATTRITION. The young band around guitarist and singer Arvid Kriger, who skillfully emulates Ian Curtis' baritone, has charm above all because they completely dispense with superfluous production ballast and reduce their dark aesthetic to its nucleus. Founded in 2008, HUMAN TETRIS are four young musicians who, one would almost suggest, are enriching the music scene in Russia with a skilful "Bonjour tristesse".
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