Rainer von Vielen

In the organizer's words:

Back to the roots: Rainer von Vielen with a new album

They took their time for eight years. Eight years in which the world became faster, louder, more synthetic. And now? Now Rainer von Vielen are back - with an album that goes against the grain. Handmade and honest. At a time when music is increasingly degenerating into digitally pressed cliché mush, these sounds seem like a nest of resistance, an unshakeable rock in the algorithmic surf.

The new songs are personal, almost intimate. Many of them were written as part of the autobiographical play "Räuberleiter", and that's exactly what you can feel: This is not about put-on posturing, but about lived experience. The accordion breathes, the guitar narrates, the piano comforts, the bass grounds, the drums drive forward - and then there is the tuba, played by Stofferl Well (Biermösl Blosn, Well-Brüder), which lends the sound an archaic depth.

Compared to previous albums, Rainer von Vielen focuses more on sophisticated songwriting this time. The former rock appeal recedes into the background; instead, the songs unfold with a new, finer dynamic. Distorted guitars are nowhere to be found - and yet the band remains true to its genre diversity. Between organic acoustics, poetic sound painting and rousing rhythms, the result is a multi-faceted work that combines depth and energy.

The lyrics are existential: they deal with farewells, grief and the past - but also with hope and reconciliation. This album doesn't want to be pleasing, it doesn't want to please - it wants to be honest. "The time of grand posturing is over," says "You and me and everyone". No empty gestures, no pathos. Simply truthfulness.

Rainer von Vielen have not just made an album. They have built a bridge - between their own past and a future that is reduced to the essentials. Courageous, direct, unvarnished. And that's exactly why it's so important.