Illustration, by KOSMETIKA

Illustration

by KOSMETIKA

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WavingMyMind I’m travelling through a space oddity of post-industrial psych pop synth wave, nicely. Favorite track: Pick Up The Phone.

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1.	Strawberry Needles 02:18	buy track
2.	Psycho TV 02:28	buy track
3.	House 02:21 video	buy track
4.	Eighty Four 03:10	buy track
5.	Pick Up The Phone 03:16	buy track
6.	Opaque 03:02	buy track
7.	Institute of Kosmetika 01:52	buy track
8.	Mne Nadoeli 03:46	buy track
9.	Mokryj Asphalt 02:43	buy track
10.	Rosaleen 03:04	buy track
11.	Growing Up 02:44	buy track

about

Spoilsport Records are ecstatic to announce the second album from Kosmetika, ‘Illustration’. Following on from their debut LP ‘Pop Soap’, released in 2019 through independent Melbourne label Roolette Records, the band refresh their eccentric psych pop origins with an 11 track venture into DIY new-wave, art-rock and synth-heavy pop hits.

Unable to work on music as the five-piece band, co-founders Michael Ellis and Veeka Nazarova started working on ‘Illustration’ as a home recording project. Recorded entirely by Ellis, with the finishing touches provided by Sam Harding on mixing and Mikey Young on mastering, the album has the quality of a lost release from the 80’s underground, equally as poppy as it is exploratory and strange. With Nazarova taking the reins as the sole vocalist on the record (departing from the dual lead vocalists of ‘Pop Soap’) and the lyrics switching between English and her native tongue of Russian, the record feels simultaneously pensive, imaginative and enigmatic.

Taking heavy inspiration from shoegaze, dark/synth wave and Russian gothic pop music, ‘Illustration’ is led by captivating synth sounds, intricate drum machine, melodic basslines and odd-form structures while maintaining their usual pop sensibilities. ‘Psycho TV’ and ‘Mne Nadoeli’ showcase the band delving deeper into this territory of abrasive industrial sounds, while tracks such as ‘Mokryj Asphalt’ hold steady in their power pop knack with an instantly singable chorus. Sitting somewhere in between, Kosmetika still maintain their krautrock-inspired origins, clinging to motorik beats and sharp synth melodies like in ‘Eighty Four’ or ‘Opaque’.

Illustration is painted with a broad brush but woven into something unique and cohesive, and with this record Kosmetika have managed to make a modern underground new-wave pop gem.

Illustration is out on April 22 via Spoilsport Records.

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released April 21, 2023

Written & Performed by Veeka Nazarova and Michael Ellis
Bass line on 'Pick Up The Phone' by Dom Moore
Recorded by Michael Ellis
Mixed by Sam Harding
Mastered by Mikey Young
Artwork by Mikhail Nazarov
Design by Veeka Nazarova
Photography by Veeka Nazarova

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