Indie-rock artist and producer Mark Ciani recently released his latest album, The Catacombs, co-produced by Grammy-winning producer and engineer Fernando Lodeiro. The Catacombs follows on the heels of Ciani’s 2023 album, Sad Robot, a dark pop collection of songs. Ciani began his career as a songwriter and keyboardist for the punk/ska band Freaks from the Apocalypse in the ‘90s. Beginning in 2012, Ciani played keyboards and wrote and produced for various projects. In 2022, he wrote, produced, played keyboards, and–new for him–assumed lead singer duties on his first project under his own name, releasing two albums – King of Death and King of Death Returns. The Catacombs explores the fragility of peace and comfort, inspecting the countless ways people sabotage their paths to conte...