RADIO FREE ALICE

In the organizer's words:

Radio Free Alice recently presented their new EP "Empty Words" at a sold-out show in Berlin's Schokoladen. Now they are doing the honors again and bringing their catchy sound to Cologne for a show on November 10. The young quartet, consisting of Noah Learmonth (vocals, guitar), Jules Paradiso (guitar), Michael Phillips (bass, saxophone) and Lochie Dowd (drums), formed in Australia in 2020 and hit a nerve with their first single "Square". The driven nature of their music is hypnotizing, addictive and never lets you calm down. At the same time, Learmonth's fragile vocals feel close and immediate. Radio Free Alice know how to create a maelstrom that mirrors the typical post-punk rhythm with tight drums, crunchy guitars and pointed lyrics. Skillful references to indie rock and wave can also be found in their sound. You can hear The Strokes, The Killers, Interpol and a bit of The Smiths. The four also count Talking Heads, The Cure and Joy Division among their influences, which quickly becomes clear through their artistic vision. Radio Free Alice sound like a journey back in time - both to the 80s and the 2000s. They embed themselves so skillfully in the present, in which nostalgia makes us voluntarily go back to a time when there was no permanent online presence and albums were listened to up and down. This is exactly what you want to do with the Australian band and lose yourself in their music. In 2023, they finally released their first self-titled EP, which even earned them a nomination for "Best Independent Punk Album" at the Australian AIR Awards this year. After the second EP "Polyester" (2024), the third work "Empty Words" followed in August, with which Radio Free Alice embody even more originality and musical precision. Their sound does not create emptiness, but connection. "Lyrically it's about the feeling of social stagnation that I think a lot of young people in our generation feel," says the band on the EP's eponymous title track. Feeling connected through music is a very strong and healing feeling, which the Australians also convey with their powerful performances. They have already proven this at various shows, for example at The Great Escape Festival or SXSW Sydney, as well as on tour with Big Special and Royel Otis. There is currently a huge run on tickets not only in other European countries, but also in Germany, as the sold-out Chocolate Show in September showed. Now Radio Free Alice are adding another club show in Germany and are coming to Cologne on November 10.