This week we’re joined by American artist and academic Rebecca Yurivna to talk about the Russian band Shortparis.

Shortparis is a Russian experimental rock band hailing from the city of St. Petersburg. The band was formed in 2012 and musically, the band are quite difficult to catagorise. They take in elements of post-punk, electronic, and avant-garde music with traditional Russian folk melodies and lyrics. Their sound is quite unique, and is characterized by intense vocals, complex instrumentation, and a theatrical stage presence.

More recent albums are almost exclusively sung in Russian, with the occasional lapse into English and French peppered throughout their career.

Chris is fairly new to this band, as are Mark and Rebecca, so it was fun to get under their skin. We also chat about their political stance, which until the  ...