Music like Shortparis

Shortparis is a Russian experimental group formed in Saint Petersburg in 2012.

Nikolai Komyagin, Alexander Ionin, and Pavel Lesnikov met in their hometown, Novokuznetsk, and formed Shortparis in 2012 upon moving to Saint Petersburg. They were later joined by St. Petersburg natives Danila Kholodkov and Alexander Galyanov.

In 2013, Shortparis released their debut album Docheri (Russian: «Дочери», lit. 'Daughters'), with songs in English and French. In 2017, they released the album Paskha (Russian: «Пасха», lit. 'Easter'). In contrast to their previous album, all of the songs on Paskha are in Russian. In 2019, Shortparis released their third album, Tak zakalyalas' stal (Russian: «Так закалялась сталь», lit. 'Thus the Steel Was Tempered').