Krupskaya tour and new album

Remnants of a species now forgotten

Bleak, cold, harsh, brutal, face-removing noise

‘Remnants of a species now forgotten’ it the name of our new album, comprising sixteen songs that last just over forty five minutes. Our first/last full length album (Clouds Over Pripyat) came in at just under twenty minutes with the same number of tracks.

You could say we’re going for quantity over quality this time. I’d argue ‘quality’ isn’t something we’ve ever really concerned ourselves with.

I’m pretty happy with how it’s turned out. This is our first release with dual eight string guitars, which I think comes through in just how heavy the record is in places.

While it’s the gross indulgence of excess you might expect from us (at the very least in terms of violence, screaming and blast-beats), there’s a few elements that are totally new. With clean vocals and dare I say it, actual lyrics in places, there’s things here that true Krupskaya aficionados will be surprised by. Both of you.

Here’s a sample:

Time for more pretty pictures

New Krupskaya music of course means new Krupskaya artwork.

I originally had pretty ambitious plans for this one. I aimed to have a couple of months to really flesh out and execute the concept, incorporating a more ‘multimedia’ approach to the final product. Ideally, a short film to accompany all of the songs played from start to finish was the goal.

But the universe had different ideas and so, the whole thing was put together during the first weekend in July. Nevertheless, it’s looking pretty bad ass.

Remnants of a species now forgotten, front cover artwork

As this is our first album in fifteen years, I wanted to adopt and approach which combined visual motiffs from every previous release, while presenting something new and distinct.

I will no doubt get into this in far more detail in the next couple of months, with a comprehensive case study.

For now, here’s a few teasers: