In the organizer's words:

What a contrast: where the penultimate Kreisky album, "Blitz" (2018), took the traditionally snotty band sound in the direction of pop and the last, almost optimistic coming-of-age record "Atlantis" (2021) celebrated youth and naivety with its brightly colored cover, the band now offers us a decidedly dark collection of songs with "Adieu Immortality".

From the pre-released "Was ist das für eine Welt" from the TV crime scene of the same name (in which the band also appeared) to the cannibal-torch song "Fressen" to the Radspur road movie "Die Pedale", which ends in two minutes of monolithic force, these songs depict moments of bitter realization, dark secrets, epiphanies of evil, tipping points into evil. "Adieu Immortality" is a journey into the heart of darkness and thus, if you like, cathartic music for a shitty time.

Once again, it's thrilling how Kreisky unite tense art rock, existential fervor and verbal venom in such an overwhelming way that they replace Sunday mass for the secularized music lover. A novelty on "Adieu Immortality" is how quickly and emphatically the band can change registers. For example, the title track, which oscillates between melancholy and lamentation, juxtaposes wobbly pop abstraction and ruthless ecstasy, "Geh mir aus der Sonne" switches from math rock to flowery sixties tapestries and back again and "Was ist das für eine Welt" changes gears several times over its eight krautrock minutes.

The Kreisky Mass is celebrated with a classic rock line-up: drums (loud: Klaus Mitter), bass (also loud: Helmuth Brossmann), guitar (very loud: Martin Max Offenhuber), vocals (not a bit quiet: Franz Adrian Wenzl). And that - even after twenty years of band history - with all the necessary and appropriate noise.

Kreisky 2025 is a unique and irreplaceable band at the peak of their art.