''Under The Fragmented Sky'' is the sixth studio album by

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, the side project of

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bassist, vocalist, and songwriter

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. The album was released on May 25, 2018 by

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Background

Lunatic Soul's previous album, '' Fractured'', was released in 2017 following the death of both

co-founder and guitarist Piotr Grudziński as well as Duda's father in 2016. With around 90 minutes of music written and recorded, Duda initially considered releasing ''Fractured'' as a

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, before deciding instead to trim the album down to around 55 minutes, removing any instrumental tracks (the first Lunatic Soul album to do so), and focusing on the songs which sounded the most different to previous Lunatic Soul releases. Initially, ''Under The Fragmented Sky'' was conceived as a supplementary mini-album to ''Fractured'', consisting of mostly instrumental, unreleased music which did not make the record. However, by January 2018 the project had grown into a full length album, with additional recording sessions taking place between December 2017 and February 2018 at Serakos studio,

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. The album focusses on instrumental and wordless soundscapes — in contrast to ''Fractured'', only two of the album's eight tracks feature lyrics. Nevertheless, according to Duda, the album still serves as a supplement to ''Fractured''.

Recording

The album was recorded between June 2016 and June 2017 (during the sessions for Lunatic Soul's previous album, ''Fractured'') and between December 2017 and February 2018, at Serakos Studio in Warsaw, Poland.

Track listing

Charts

Album chart usages for Poland

Personnel

Credits adapted from the Lunatic Soul website. Lunatic Soul * Mariusz Duda - music, lyrics, all instruments (except drums on "Untamed") Additional Personnel * Wawrzyniec Dramowicz - drums on "Untamed" Production * Mariusz Duda - producer, recording, mixing, mastering * Magda Srzedniccy - producer, recording, mixing, mastering * Robert Srzedniccy - producer, recording, mixing, mastering Design * Jarek Kubicki - illustration, design, layout

References

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