Belarus band Molchat Doma return with new album in September and fall U.S. tour

Belarusian post-punk/synth-pop group Molchat Doma - which netted a prime evening tent slot at Coachella '22 - have unveiled the new single/video, “Belaya Polosa,” off of their new album, Belaya Polosa, out September 6 via Sacred Bones. 

In conjunction, they announce a 2025 North American headline tour which will see them play some of their largest venues to date. Tickets on sale now and available here.

Following singles “Son” and “Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya,” the video to the album’s title track was directed by Ambar Navarro and inspired by grainy 1990s MTV music videos and filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky.

"Written in LA after more than a year of living in a new place, the song captures the interplay of past and present,” the band explains. “It reflects the realization that you're no longer drawn to where you left, yet you don't completely sever ties. It's as if life has been paused. The lyrics explore self-understanding across time, the evolution of your social circle, and an outsider’s view of people from a 'past life’."

Watch the Video for “Belaya Polosa”

“Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya” (meaning “You Don't Know Who I Am”), sung in Russian, communicates vocalist Egor Shkutko’s frustration and pain from navigating a long-distance relationship. “It explores the pain and despair of feeling misunderstood by a loved one and the endless guilt that ensues, even though you don’t realize how you yourself contribute to this pain,” explains Shkutko.

The accompanying video was directed by Maxim Kelly, who comments: “When the band recorded the track, they envisioned a jive dancer, which became the core inspiration for the video. I found jive to be perfectly fitting and intriguingly out of place, making it a compelling choice. I wanted to juxtapose this lively dance with a lonely, post-apocalyptic world to explore themes of isolation and connection.”

Watch the Video For “Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya”

In the four years since their last album, Monument, there was so much change in the lives of Shkutko, bassist/synth player Pavel Kozlov, and primary songwriter, producer and arranger Raman Kamahortsau that it was only inevitable to hear a transformation in their music. “The entire album is a prism through which we tried to reflect what has happened to us,” the band says of their new work. Kamahortsau once again handled the production duties.

The band gained a following with earlier albums that sound like third-generation bootlegs of banned recordings from the Eastern Bloc made after a few key entries in the Factory Records catalog were smuggled in from the West. Belaya Polosa trades the basement grime and dirty tape-head sound of their previous work for digital luster and shimmering production values. 

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Watch the Video for “Son”
Watch the Video For “Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya”

Tour Dates:

Thu. Oct. 10 - Sun. Oct. 13 - Lake Perris, CA @ Desert Daze

Sun. Oct. 20 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvanizers
Tue. Oct. 22 - Manchester, UK @ New Century
Wed. Oct. 23 - Bristol, UK @ SWX
Thu. Oct. 24 - London, UK @ Roundhouse
Sat. Oct. 26 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix
Sun. Oct. 27 - Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
Tue. Oct. 29 - Lille, FR @ L’Aéronef
Thu. Oct. 31 - Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
Sat. Nov. 2 - Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
Mon. Nov. 4 - Hamburg, DE @ Große Freiheit 36
Tue. Nov. 5 - Copenhagen, DK @ Den Grå Hal
Thu. Nov. 7 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
Sat. Nov. 9 - Stockholm, SE @ Fallan
Mon. Nov. 11 - Helsinki, FI @ Kulttuuritalo
Tue. Nov. 12 - Tallinn, EE @ Helitehas
Wed. Nov. 13 - Riga, LV @ Palladium Riga
Thu. Nov. 14 - Vilnius, LT @ Compensa Concert Hall
Sat. Nov. 16 - Gdansk, PL @ Stary Manez
Sun. Nov. 17 - Warsaw, PL @ Progresja
Thu. Nov. 21 - Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
Fri. Nov. 22 - Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Velký sál
Sat. Nov. 23 - Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom
Mon. Nov. 25 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
Tue. Nov. 26 - Munich, DE @ Theaterfabrik
Wed. Nov. 27 - Zurich, CH @ X-TRA
Fri. Nov. 29 - Milan, IT @ Fabrique
Mon. Dec. 2 - Barcelona, ES @ Apollo
Wed. Dec. 4 - Porto, PT @ Hard Club
Thu. Dec. 5 - Lisbon, PT @ Lisboa ao Vivo
Thu, Jan. 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ AREA15
Fri. Jan. 17 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Sat. Jan. 18 - Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
Tue. Jan. 21 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
Wed. Jan. 22 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston
Fri. Jan. 24 - Austin, TX @ The Concourse Project
Sat. Jan. 25 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Tue. Jan. 28 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
Thu. Jan. 30 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
Fri. Jan. 31 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Sat. Feb. 1 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
Mon. Feb. 3 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Tue. Feb. 4 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
Wed. Feb. 5 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Fri. Feb. 7 - Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live!
Sat. Feb. 8 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
Tue. Feb. 11 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Wed. Feb. 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
Fri. Feb. 14 - New York, NY @ Knockdown Center
Sat. Feb. 15 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
Mon. Feb. 17 - Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Wed. Feb. 19 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
Thu. Feb. 20 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
Fri. Feb. 21 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Sat. Feb. 22 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Mon. Feb. 24 - Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
Tue. Feb. 25 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
Fri. Feb. 28 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Sun. March 2 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Wed. March 5 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre