Music like Closure in Moscow

Closure in Moscow is an Australian progressive rock band that formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2006. The group is composed of guitarist-singer Mansur Zennelli, guitarist Michael Barrett, drummer Salvatore Aidone, bassist Duncan Millar and lead singer Christopher de Cinque. To date they have released one extended-play and two full-length studio albums: The Penance and the Patience (2008), First Temple (2009) and Pink Lemonade (2014) respectively. The band has reached notable success throughout the international rock circuit for their live performances and avant garde sound.

18 months after forming, Closure in Moscow released their debut EP (self-proclaimed "albumette") in 2008, titled The Penance and the Patience. Upon the release of the EP, the band members were an average age of 21, and the complete lineup had only been together a few months. They went to extreme lengths to record The Penance and the Patience: the band spent three to four months straight writing or doing preproduction, as well as quitting jobs to go on tour. It was eventually recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, with each of the band members selling his car to get American music producer and engineer Kris Crummett out to do the album. Crummett had previously worked on albums with Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fear Before the March of Flames, Kaddisfly and Dance Gavin Dance. The albumette was completed in July 2007, nine months before its release.