LABEL: Sacred Bones Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/13/2020
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2020
VARIANT:Egg Drop Vinyl LP

Monumentis a fitting title for the third album by Belarusian trioMolchatDoma. Indeed, it stands as a monument to everything theyve achieved in their short time as a band, from whispered-about unknowns, to enigmatic undergroundicons, to legitimate viral sensations withhundreds of thousandsofTikTokvideos using their music.Monumentsees them return as conquering heroes,expanding ontheminimalistgreatnessofS KryshNashikhDomovandEtazhitofully realizea moremaximalist visionoftheir crystalline post-punk sound.

Written and recordedwhile the band was quarantined intheir hometown ofMinsk during theCOVID-19 pandemic,Monumentis a conscious step up in songwriting and fidelity, and it reveals a band preternaturally comfortablein its own skin.Whether playing to the dancefloor, as they do onthesynthpop anthemDiscoteque, or workingmoreintrospectively onpre-pandemic live favoritesOtvetaNet and NeSmeshno,MolchatDoma are in complete control.Their greatest strength hasalways beentheirsongwriting, and theyve only gotten better.