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Lost In Kiev hails from Paris, France. “Rupture” is their fourth studio-album. Massive, emotional, narrative-driven atmospheric rock! Melancholic instrumental rock with an eco-angst / save the planet-message! 9 new, powerful, soaring and explorative tracks; with a sound that’s raw and pristine. For fans of: Pg.Lost, This Will Destroy You, Tool, Maybeshewill, Meniscus, The Ocean, Mogwai, Tides From Nebula & God Is An Astronaut.

For over ten years French cinematic post-rockers Lost In Kiev have been creating massive, narrative-driven atmospheric rock opuses that have brought them to play on renowned festivals like Dunk!festival and AMFest, as well as on tours with acts like Enslaved and Maserati. After three years of pandemic-induced inertia, the four gentlemen from Paris return with their new record “Rupture” which sees them turn the page to a new chapter in their considerable career. Being recorded in a live-setting, “Rupture” concerns the band’s feelings about the drastic environmental changes that can be perceived all over the world. Casting their eco-angst into nine soaring and explorative tracks, Lost In Kiev channel a sound that’s raw and pristine, reaching an emotive power beyond anything they have done before.

With their fourth studio-album “Rupture”, Lost In Kiev has delivered another tour de force that surpasses their previous outings in many ways. Every song is pure melancholic ecstasy and rapture, while it also sees the band tread new ground. Going through various layers of dynamic composition, with still lots of synthesizers - referring to Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre, these nine tracks easily suck you into the band’s much needed narrative in which they lay bare their concerns and their anxieties. “Rupture” sees Lost In Kiev at their most raw and authentic, and in a time where climate concerns need to be put back on the agenda, the album is a much needed experience: a gripping portrait of mankind’s deteriorating relationship with its planet, this record will resonate with many fans of instrumental rock, both aesthetically and emotionally.

The nature-versus-culture discourse takes place on “Rupture”, where Lost In Kiev creates moments of sublime beauty and rapture, that get distorted masterfully to create a sense of alienation and disillusion. The powerful live recording sessions at The Apiary Studio in Laval instantly beams your imagination to the main stages of the aforementioned post-rock festivals. Where previous albums, like “Persona” (2019), featured a thoroughly produced tonal palette , “Rupture” has a rougher and more immediate sound. Composition and musicianship before perfection; a delicate balance between repetition and the introduction of new ideas!

Tracklisting:

1. We Are
2. Prison Of Mind
3. Squaring The Circle
4. Another End Is Possible
5. But You Don't Care
6. Solastalgia
7. Digital Flesh
8. Dichotomy