dark post-punk fused with depressive folk and expansive arena rock; minor-key acoustic guitar picking opens alone, restrained bass enters with a dry tom pulse, tense electric guitar figures widen into huge choruses, distant ambient pads and long guitar sustain create a cavernous stage-sized space; verses intimate and low, pre-choruses steadily rise, choruses broad and anthemic with layered Russian male vocals, gritty controlled delivery, dramatic pauses, loud-clear drums, warm low mids, wide guitars, polished but bleak production