Romantic Fiction pres: LUNACY (USA)

Doors: 19:00

Showtime: 20:45

Aftershow dj set Paulina Panik + Emmanuelle 5

Pennsylvania’s own darkwave enigma, LUNACYtransmits from the edge of ruin, fusing cinematic post-punk, industrial pulse, and spectral noise into a sound both ancient and futuristic. Their music explores the shadowy corners of the human psyche, echoing themes of collapse and catharsis through powerful synths and analog drum machines.

The project has been circulating since 2016 and is now reaching a decade of LUNACY. After a ton of EPs, singles, and a compilation record, the debut album Age of Truth on Third Coming Records was unleashed in Winter 2019. This album is looked at as the Past in the trilogy of the album cycle for LUNACY. As LUNACY rules in thirds and although set in the future, the first album focuses on the Past.

Now, the world braces for what awaits as the third and final chapter in the trilogy is unveiled, The Crisis of Existence, out on Dedstrange early 2026. Representing the Future, it arrives as an exclamation point to a long-ended journey. The shadow figure emerges from the wreckage renewed, confronting evolution and inevitability with clarity and force. Mixed by techno/industrial collaborator Connor Clasenand mastered by Ben Greenberg (Uniform / The Men), it marks the next evolution of LUNACY, the final transformation in a decade-long ritual of rebirth.