Following that, the group are set to hit the road and tour the UK and Germany in September and October. Their signature blend of indie rock, post-punk and power pop has given us some high-energy bangers this year, with tracks like ‘Waste Your Potential!’ reminiscent of 2000s dance-punk acts like The Faint.
The band’s latest single ‘War Machine’, however, takes that sound in a different direction and slows things down a bit.
‘War Machine’ might be a bit down tempo compared to the rest of the band’s work, but that doesn’t mean they’ve traded in their driving, fuzzed-out guitars and punk energy; If anything, they’ve turned them up. We spend some time with just bass guitar, drums, and vocals from Claudia Schlutius, but when that chorus hits, it really hits, with those buzzing, bit-crushed guitars swallowing the track whole as the band fully settles into a noise pop sound.
It’s the little flourishes in ‘War Machine’ that stand out the most. The Mellotron during the verses, the synth line in the back of the hook, and the slightly unsettling field recording that rattles across the mix during the intro. There is special attention put into the small details of the track that this slower pace allows for.
In an Instagram post alongside the release of the track, the band describe it as “about getting older and watching your loved ones getting older with you”, and you can feel that in the deliberateness of the instrumentation here. ‘War Machine’ is a pained labour of love from a band that shows clear potential to be the next big indie rock darlings.
Check out ‘You Want It! You Got It!’ when it releases this September 5th!
Ash Douglas
Image: Frederike Wetzels
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