Italian goth-rock / post-punk quartet Christine Plays Viola share the third new video-single from their latest album, F.I.V.E. (Cleopatra Records)
‘Desolate Moments’ is the new video-single from Italian darkwave / post-punk quartet, Christine Plays Viola: a fragile, moody, processional ballad exploring the loss of self and dissolution of identity, for fans of Faith or Disintegration-era Cure, and Closer-era Joy Division. Premiering exclusively with Post-punk.com on Thursday (2 April 2026), the song is the third video-single from the band’s latest album, F.I.V.E. – Fear Increases Violent Emotions (Cleopatra Records, January 2026). Guitarist, songwriter and bandleader, Fabrizio Giampietro, says of ‘Desolate Moments’:
“Desolate Moments is about that fragile space where you realize you’ve lost yourself, but you’re still conscious enough to feel it. I was thinking about the idea of emotional disappearance — not in a physical sense, but in a psychological one. That moment when you look back at your life, at promises you made, at people you loved, and you understand that somewhere along the way… something broke. There’s a strong sense of guilt in the song, but also inevitability. Like being trapped inside your own mistakes, watching your world slowly collapse while you’re unable to stop it. The line ‘you exist nowhere’ really sums it up for me — it’s about losing your place in reality, becoming a shadow of yourself.”
Discussing the video, Fabrizio adds:
“Musically and visually, we wanted to reflect that dissolution of identity. That’s why in the video we chose silhouettes instead of faces — no clear identity, just fading presences merging with memories, like fragments of something that once was. It’s probably one of the most introspective and emotionally exposed tracks we’ve ever written.”
About Christine Plays Viola
Christine Plays Viola is a darkwave / gothic rock band formed in 2008 in Abruzzo, Italy: transforming post-punk into something deeply personal and visceral, for fans of Joy Division, She Wants Revenge, Lebanon Hanover, and Boy Harsher. The current lineup features Fabrizio Giampietro (guitars, synth, programming), Massimo Ciampani (vocals), Gianluca Orsini (drums), and Marco Di Ianni (bass).
After nearly two decades in Europe’s alternative scene, Christine Plays Viola have built a solid reputation for their powerful blend of baritone-driven melodies, post-punk tension, and cinematic darkwave: delivering an intense, immersive live experience built on atmosphere, anticipation and raw emotion. The band has toured extensively across Europe, performing at major festivals including Wave Gotik Treffen (Liepzig, Germany), Tomorrow’s Ghosts (Whitby, England), and Castle Party (Bolków, Poland) and iconic venues such as Electrowerkz (London, England), sharing stages with artists like Das Ich, Clan of Xymox, Chameleons Vox, And Also the Trees, Pink Turns Blue, Modern English, She Past Away, 1919, and more.
In 2025, Christine Plays Viola signed with the iconic Los Angeles label Cleopatra Records, marking a major step forward in the band’s international trajectory and setting the stage for their most ambitious album yet.
The fifth studio album, F.I.V.E. – Fear Increases Violent Emotions, was released worldwide via Cleopatra Records on 19 January 2026: the beginning of a new chapter for Christine Plays Viola, representing their most powerful and impassioned work to date.
The new album includes the singles ‘My Redemption’, ‘Confession’ and latest offering, ‘Desolate Moments’, and is available now from Bandcamp, Spotify, and all the usual digital music platforms.
F.I.V.E. – Fear Increases Violent Emotions by Christine Plays Viola is out now on Cleopatra Records, and available from Bandcamp, Spotify, and all the usual digital music platforms.
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