V/A - Let Me Perish Without Return: Lament and Longing from the Fading Russian Empire, 1889-1917 LP Art Punk rooted in a deep understanding 9065308

V A Let Me Perish Without Return: Lament and Longing from the Fading Russian Empire, 1889 1917 LP Art Punk rooted in a deep understanding 9065308 rooted in a deep understanding of European musical history but willing to push at its boundaries and fleeting glimpses of the actions that led to its material core The CDs immigrants stocked on their New York shelves in the 2000s and 2010s was a tiny fraction of what was available in their home countries The deep sorrow and yearning expressed in these songs may have resonated with their own senses of loss while offering comfort in the form of shared emotional experience