VINYL NEVER FORGETS - Sundays Are For Looking Back
- Pat O Regan
- Aug 31
- 2 min read
TRNA - Lose Yourself to Find Peace
Released : 23-09-2106
Vinyl pressed by Elusive Sound
With a monicker like Vinyl Never Forgets, it was inevitable that at least one pressing from the now departed Elusive Sound would claim the Sunday slot. Revered as one of the finest underground labels of its era, Elusive left behind a catalogue where any number of releases could justifiably take this place. I have many favorites to choose from, but from both an aesthetic and sonically devastating viewpoint, I want to re-introduce you all to TRNA - Lose Yourself to Find Peace.
The St. Petersburg post-black music scene was on fire a few years back, and leading the charge were bands like TRNA, Show Me A Dinosaur, Olhava and Somn, to name a few. September 2016 saw the release of Lose Yourself to Find Peace and to cut a long story short, it sent my mind and body spiraling into the cosmos!
This two-track EP unfolds like a dialogue of opposing forces, each piece a vast, immersive soundscape that rises and shifts with the weight of nature’s ferocious elements. TRNA embraces contrast in its purest form, letting sound move between turbulence and serenity until both emotions blur into something transcendent.
The first piece, Gale, opens like a stormfront rolling in. Guitars crash in waves of distortion, carrying both beauty and violence in equal measure. The riffs are icy, sharp, and relentless, yet underneath the fury is a strange sense of calm, as though one is being pulled deeper into the heart of the storm rather than away from it. The drumming feels alive and unpredictable, shifting between surging blast beats and intricate patterns that cut through the haze. At times, the track is overwhelming, a reminder of nature’s true power, but for fans of the post-black genre it feels strangely meditative, inviting the listener to surrender to the chaos.
The second track, Calm, emerges like the sunlight after the storm. It doesn’t arrive gently, but grows gradually, moving from hushed guitar passages into vast swells of layered sound. Similar to Gale, the intensity builds again, accentuating the coexistence of fragility and strength in a sea of black gazed fury. Together, these two movements embody everything that the album title stands for. TRNA ask the listener not to resist but to let go, and to literally lose oneself within the music’s extremes, and in doing so, to discover peace within the collision of nature’s fury.
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