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Etazhi (IPA: [ɪtɐˈʐɨ], Russian: Этажи, lit. 'Floors') is the second studio album by Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma, first released on 7 September 2018 through Detriti Records. Following the band's signing with Sacred Bones Records in January 2020, the album was released in North America for the first time on 27 March 2020.

Etazhi
Studio album by Molchat Doma
Released	7 September 2018
Recorded	2017–2018 in Minsk
Genre	Post-punk cold wave new wave synth-pop
Length	33:13
Language	Russian
Label	Detriti
Producer	Roman Komogortsev[lower-alpha 1]
Molchat Doma chronology
S krysh nashikh domov (2017) Etazhi (2018) Monument (2020)
Singles from Etazhi
"Коммерсанты" Released: 24 July 2017

Composition

The production of Etazhi has been described as lo-fi but slightly more clean and reminiscent of '80s music than the band's 2017 debut album, С крыш наших домов (From Our Houses' Rooftops). A drum machine, programmed by the band's guitarist and sound engineer Roman Komogortsev, is used throughout in place of a standard acoustic drummer. Maximilian Turp-Balazs of Emerging Europe drew comparisons to New Order's 1983 album Power, Corruption & Lies, especially for the album's opening track, "На дне" ("At the Bottom").[2] "Судно (Борис Рыжий)" is the musicalized version of the poem "Эмалированное судно" ("Enamelled Bedpan") by the late poet and writer Boris Ryzhy.[3][4]

Release

Over a year prior to the release of the album, the eighth track, "Коммерсанты" ("Businessmen"), was self-released as a digital single through Bandcamp on 24 July 2017.[5] Etazhi was first released on 7 September 2018[1] through German independent label Detriti Records as a download and 12-inch vinyl.[6] The album was also unofficially uploaded in full to YouTube by a user named "Harakiri Diat", who had also uploaded full albums by other post-punk and synthwave bands.[7] That upload of Etazhi garnered two million listens before eventually being taken down due to a copyright notice in 2020.[8]

In January 2020, Molchat Doma signed with American independent label Sacred Bones Records, who later reissued Etazhi on 27 March 2020. The reissue was also the first North American pressing of the album.[9] Throughout the first half of 2020, the album's seventh track, "Судно (Борис Рыжий)" ("Bedpan (Boris Ryzhy)"), gained viral popularity as a result of the song being used often as background music on TikTok;[10][11] the song has appeared in around 225,000 videos on the platform.[8] The song peaked at number two on the Spotify Global Viral 50 chart[11] and number one on the United States Viral 50 chart in early May.[8]

Album cover

The building on the cover of the album is "Hotel Panorama" which is located in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel:[1]

• Egor Shkutko – vocals
• Roman Komogortsev – guitar, synthesizers, drum machine programming, mixing, recording, mastering
• Pavel Kozlov – bass guitar, synthesizers

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog no.	Ref.
Various	7 September 2018	Download, streaming	Detriti	—	[1][6]
Europe		12-inch vinyl		DR-004	[6][12]
North America	27 March 2020	12-inch vinyl	Sacred Bones	SBRLP3037	[13]
		CD		SBRCD3037	[13]

References

Notes

References

External links

• Этажи = Etazhi at Discogs (list of releases)
• Этажи at Spotify (streamed copy where licensed)

На других языках

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- [en] Etazhi

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[es] Etazhi

Этажи (romanización: Etazhi) es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda de rock bielorrusa Molchat Doma, editado por primera vez el 7 de septiembre de 2018 a través del sello Detriti Records. Tras la firma de la banda con Sacred Bones Records en enero de 2020, el álbum se lanzó en Estados Unidos por primera vez el 27 de marzo de 2020.

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[it] Ėtaži

Ėtaži (in russo: Этажи?) è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale bielorusso Molčat Doma, uscito il 7 settembre 2018 dalla Detriti Records.

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[ru] Этажи (альбом группы «Молчат дома»)

Этажи — второй студийный альбом белорусской пост-панк-группы «Молчат Дома», выход которого состоялся 7 сентября 2018 года на лейбле Detriti Records. После подписания группой контракта с лейблом Sacred Bones Records  (англ.) (рус. в январе 2020 года альбом был впервые выпущен в Северной Америке 27 марта 2020 года.

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