Das Paradies

In the organizer's words:

"ÜBERALL, WO MENSCHEN SIND", Das Paradies' third album, begins with a surrender. "Florian gives up", sings Florian Sievers under his alias Das Paradies.

The music itself sounds less anxious, less gloomy than one would expect after this opening. The album is in a state of flux. Driving eighth guitars open up to solemn chords, vocal effect shreds ghost through the choruses before the melodies nestle tenderly against and around the lines again - as if they want to warm them. Welcome back to Florian Sievers' idiosyncratic style of pop music. "I'm afraid of you and you and you, because you have nothing to fear" is the title of "DER SPUK DER UNS VERBINDET". "And there we sit and stroke an animal", in "AN EINEM KIRSCHBAUM IN EINEM SOMMER", one of the two pre-released singles, which evoke indie-BRD associations such as Blumfeld or Lassie Singers in their eccentric but ingenious impertinence.

"ÜBERALL, WO MENSCHEN SIND" is Siever's poetry in an essayistic tone. The catchy and unconventional lines that he uses as portals into his songs seem like claims. Behind them, complete worlds and urgent questions open up.

With "GOLDENE ZUKUNFT", Florian Sievers released one of the most remarkable German-language debut albums in 2018. After the critically acclaimed follow-up "TRANSIT" (2022) and two EPs, the third album once again features the psychedelia of long contemplation, broken real romanticism - sung with solemn calm.

For the tour in support of the new album, Florian Sievers and Robert Kretzschmar (Kat Frankie, Anna Erhard, among others) are putting together the Paradies sound world on stage. With drums and vibraphone. Guitars and synthesizers, reverb tails and feedback loops. A hug and a shake at the same time.