Das Günther, Molly Punch

electronic | punk | free jazz | neo-punk | garage

Das Günther - has been stirring up the alternative techno, party and festival scene (Fusion, Sysiphos Berlin, Chaos Communication Congress, etc.) with their improvisational spectacle for 8 years. With the album "Strawberry Gelato" 08.03.2024, the band is putting out feelers in the direction of post-punk and indie with classic songwriting for the first time, without losing their roots for the political, outlandish and danceable.

Molly Punch from Cologne throw angry, grungy punk rock at your feet - don't slip, you can dance too.

The Günther

Günther's mother describes her child as follows: "Party! Party! Depressed! Depri!" For some, Günther needs therapy, for others Günther is therapy. Like a shabby clown, Günther leads not only the audience but also himself around by the nose. Günther doesn't write songs, he invents them on stage. Günther is punk, clown and mummy all at the same time. The fans of Das Günther often describe the band from Hanover a little differently: "You have to have seen Das Günther live, otherwise you won't understand"; "WTF, was that?" or "Did they just change costumes 7 times while they were singing?". After minutes of singing along to text fragments such as Mit Staub Geschwängert, Im Darkroom Sind Wir Alle Geschwister or Allein Auf Ecstasy and dancing their bodies empty, one or two lines of text still find their personal meaning on the pillow or in the dreams of the concertgoers.

The musicians have always been aware that this concept of improvised dance music, with its irrepressible and explosive energy, is difficult to capture on record, and after an improv record (Sitzung I 2018) and a live album (Günthopoly 2021), Strawberry Gelato will be released in March 2024, the first album to feature produced songs. Singer Alex Rosengarth, drummer Albrecht Bibas and bassist Till Schomburg have teamed up with long-time band member Richard Häckel and producer Julian Colin (Braake, Trille, Tristan Brusch) to record a record that transcends genre boundaries and is reminiscent of crossover albums from the 90s. From indie with NDW influences (Reittherapie), disco (Ja Das Muss Einfach Mal Raus) to Dada techno (Autos Find Ick Scheiße), a broad musical spectrum is covered. Partly with Colin's typical warm analog sound, partly reduced and edgy, self-recorded on a small farm in Wendland, where a large part of the songwriting also took place. Above this colorful mixture hovers the lyrical sword of Damocles of the climate catastrophe, which spreads its poisonous-tasting sprinkles on the ice cream cone of our generation.

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Molly Punch

Angry, political, poetic with songs about animals, overrated authors, aliens and general sadness. Punk rock with a grunge edge, someone always feels reminded of the 90s. DIY from front to back - the album "Mouthfeel" was self-released in 2024.

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