Wanted to join this trend and yes I know they are not playing in the 2026 World Cup | KROBAK began as a one-man-band whose only member was Igor Sidorenko, Ukrainian musician, writing music in various forms (from grunge ballads to doom-death epics) since the age of 13. Around 2006 Igor discovered post-rock (GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR was the main influence at that time) and immediately tried his hand on it, taking inspiration also from early Krautrock and bands signed by Constellation and 4AD labels. The latter audible feature made him a kindred spirit in the eyes of Konstantin Smirnov, one of Cardiowave label founders. KROBAK's debut appearance on "Structura Tortura" split with fellow KRIKSTON one-man-band (released in autumn 2007) impressed Konstantin a lot and he asked if Igor has got some more material... Boy, he had! At that time Cardiowave was known for its experimental attitude and artistic vision, and the bedroom-recorded (all of the instruments were played by Igor) KROBAK debut, dramatically entitled "The Diary Of The Missed One" (CW 005), was released on CD in February 2008. The same month an EP of blueprints and outtakes followed (online-released "Vorkoma"). Unfortunately, little promotion was made to what is regarded as The First Officially Released Ukrainian Post-Rock Album. Three lengthy instrumental compositions, clocking in 47 minutes in sum, were too "out there" to be used in media in any form and 2008 saw only four live KROBAK appearances (two in Odessa, one in Dnepropetrovsk and one in Kiev), each time backed by local musicians supportive of his music, with only few hours of rehearsal before the show. More material had been released (splits with MONOCUBE, SOMNOLENT and GDEVA) with even more being demoed, but after three more shows in 2009 (Lviv, Kiev and Odessa again) despite the growing interest to post-rock in Ukraine, Igor announced a hiatus, being disappointed both with one-man-band status and instrumental-only material. Lack of funds to record his music the way he was hearing it in his head and living far from big cities where most of his audience and fellow musicians resided were another major difficulties for KROBAK to carry on. Frustrated and disillusioned, Igor switched to STONED JESUS, his stoner/psychedelic band, which gained recognition pretty quickly and achieved a cult status within post-USSR stoner/psychedelic/doom scene prior to its official debut album, "First Communion". #fyp #krobak #krobakitssnowinglikeitstheendtheofworld #postrock #littlevictories - @jojos_enthusiast1