“Nuit Noire”, is the second an incredible album from the French band LOST IN KIEV. This is a very rich album that requires from the listener a specific mood and opened mind to fully understand it’s message. You can easily get lost inside this passage!
The music by Lost in Kiev creates an hypnotic scenario where a couple of characters interpret one dramatic story in their lives. The storytelling is involved with the shy and delicate post-rock sound with an electronic touch. The heavy guitar riffs and bass enhancement adorn the moments of greater emotion, with the percussion marking the time compass and giving emotion to the drama.
“Nuit Noire” is a door to a solitary journey through the world of dreams and hardships. Guided by the quiet almost whispered voices, the listener is invited to begin a mystical journey into this characters tragedy that separated their lives. Not stating clearly what happened, the sound and meager dialogues allow the listener to imagine what succeeded.
Especially remarkable and worth quoting are the final passage in “Mirrors” track where the man asks «if the night takes he, she would search for he» followed by the meeting in “Nuit Noire” when she asks «Oh my god what happens» followed by a desperate «I need help please», all accompanied by the heavy guitars and basses and distant cries of help. In the final of the title track the man continues «And she does not wait, will I see you again?», probably referring to Death, the women continues screaming for «help», lost in their inability to save their lover. This lyric passages leave you the sense of tragedy and death of one of the male characters while the female character attempts not to let him go by finding a way to search for him on the astral plane.
The combination of all elements is perfectly achieved, and this is one of those albums able to provoke you body chills, with a mysterious and enthralling story that involves the listener and probably immersed in long forgotten memories.
10/10
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Review by Melissa Poseyydon
Managing Editor: Elsa Marques
