kenopsia

Kenopsia is Rihivi's 7th studio album, released on February 14th 2025. It's another step further into the world of psychedelic rock and ambient synth soundscapes. Kenopsia isn't as sample heavy as Music for a late night drive, but instead it uses other experimentation like reversed guitar solos and ambient tracks drowned in phaser and reverb. 

The cover art was drawn by Rihivi around autumn 2023, when he was working on his last album. The first single for the album was "Raindrop Highway" released on September 10th 2024. It was one of the first recordings made for Kenopsia. The second single, "Pine Tree" was released on November 1st, and the third single, "Distant Snowfall" came out on December 6th. Distant Snowfall uses a short piano sample from "Imola" by Interlagos.

A deluxe edition of the album came out on April 2nd 2025, featuring 8 new tracks that didn't make it to the final cut.

Tracklist:

Side A "Travelling"

1. What year is it? (a song about confusion)

2. Raindrop highway (a song about driving) (1st single)

3. Train ride to outer space (a song about trains)

4. High speed pink bullet (a song about my guitar)

Side B "Forgetting"

5. Mushroom clouds and disco balls (a song about being introverted)

6. Derealisation at it's finest (a song from an older time)

7. Silent city frozen in place (a song about seasonal depression)

8. Distant snowfall (a song about snow) (3rd single)

Side C "Remembering"

9. Pine tree (a song about nature) (2nd single)

10. The golden cat waves goodbye (a song about a memory)

11. Mango flavoured mind destruction (a song about mangos)

12. Severed head speaking (a song about the undead)

13. Retrogression repetition (a song about backsliding)

Side D "Ending"

14. Tuonela (a song about the end)

15. 2006 (a song about the beginning)

Deluxe bonus tracks:

16. Helium

17. Derealisation Once Again

18. Pyramids

19. Kwyjibo

20. Desert Dance

21. Clementine

22. Reboot

23. Lonely Void Creature

Listen to Kenopsia: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbbpKpvkqNsyjB6sWipNPmW5eNJVRr-RI&si=0SRNJ0-AS1YGZqf4