Shortparis Concert, A38 Ship Budapest, 17 February

  • 1 Feb 2024 5:40 AM
Shortparis Concert, A38 Ship Budapest, 17 February
Formed in St.Petersburg in 2012. Irrational, spastic dance groove borderlines somewhere between dark electro, post-punk, experimental noise and acoustic chanson, combined with theatrical performances.

The songs are in Russian, French and English.

Shortparis are well on their way to deserved international acclaim and already being heralded as "the best Russian live act".

Hailing from St. Petersburg and led by charismatic frontman Nikolay Komiagin, the band continues to build a reputation for its jaw-dropping ritualistic performances and dark, electronic soundscapes, as "irrational, spastic dance grooves" converge with "post-punk, experimental noise and acoustic chanson" to form a musical aesthetic that is one of a kind.

Performing in Russian, French and English, Shortparis are nothing short of a revelation as they aim to provide a fitting soundtrack to their everyday lives, a sound that mirrors St. Petersburg as it was and is.

"You know, I constantly dream of coming across bands like Shortparis yet so rarely do," writes John Doran of The Quietus.

"Ambitious, bombastic, incredibly pretentious, erotic, thrilling, impossible to pin down, vaguely deviant, fun to dance to and full of revolutionary potential. Sure, if you listen hard enough you can hear them laughing but you would be a fool to make the mistake of presuming that they’re joking."

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