Cava

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Cava like sparkling wine, garage and punk. Dirty guitar riffs, lots of feedback and melodic vocals are a must. But as rough as their music may sound, there is a soft core behind the hard shell.

Plopp! Cava set the tone for their new album "Powertrip" with an exploding champagne cork. A band with Spanish sparkling wine in its name couldn't get to the point any quicker. The 14 tracks that follow do not fail to make an impact either. Most of them are under two minutes long. While the Berlin punk rock duo were still concerned with damage limitation on their debut "Damage Control", the level of destruction on "Powertrip" is audible at every point. This is also thanks to the rich studio sound. "This time, we really wanted you to be able to hear that we were in a real studio," says guitarist and singer Peppi. Nevertheless, the album should not sound too "over-produced" and, above all, the live character should be retained. After the first mix turned out a little too poppy, Cava returned to their punky core during production. "It was important for us to get that wiry, raw sound back in," adds Mela, the band's second vocalist and drummer.

Power and control are the key words of the new album. "We're a bit more serious here than on 'Damage Control' and this time we're also making a much more direct call to keep control and take power," says Mela. "For me," adds Peppi, "'Powertrip' has become a very feminist album." Questioning social power relations and relationship dynamics is a common thread running through the band's lyrics. But they no longer want to stop there - damage limitation was yesterday. It's about taking action: "Just give us what we want", they shout out in the self-empowerment anthem "Control". And further: "By not making a choice, you make a choice / Go on and make a choice, before we make a fucking choice for you."

Cava, who have fought for their place with support from Berlin's musical FLINTA* scene, are aware of their role model function. Especially as even the role models from the riot grrrl scene were hidden from them when they were young. "When I started making music," says Mela, "I was firmly convinced that I couldn't make cool rock music because I wasn't a man. All the bands I used to listen to - British indie bands or older rock bands from the seventies - were all men."

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