Van Holzen

In the organizer's words:

VAN HOLZEN - Monday, 11.05. - 21:30 - Sparkassen-Bühne

Looking back on a ten-year band history in your mid-twenties requires one thing above all: trust in each other. Flo Kiesling, Daniel Kotitschke and Jonas Schramm, together Van Holzen, declare on their fourth studio album "SOLANG DIE ERDE SICH DREHT" with a wink "I want to be young and stupid forever" and dedicate an album about growing up together or not wanting to grow up in the midst of chaos. About letting yourself fall and being caught. After three albums, numerous tours and growing older in the rock band construct, they have become sure of themselves in this very chaos.

After "Aus der Ferne", the last album released in 2021, they tried their hand at singles for the first time that are not chained to a complete work. In features with Mia Morgan and Dissy, Van Holzen honed their skills with catchy hooks and less vague lyrics. This allowed the band to sound beyond the boundaries of their own genre for the first time in 2023. In the darkness associated with alternative rock, a light was kindled that soon lit the way to their fourth album.

Work on "SOLANG DIE ERDE SICH DREHT" began in October 2023 - first under the Greek sun, then in the 8sqm studio space in Berlin. After several sessions spread over the year 2024, the album was finally brought to Rotenburg an der Fulda in October, where it was produced in the Toolhouse Studio by kidney paradise and Flo Kiesling. Thanks in part to Kiesling's involvement in the production, Van Holzen are now closer than ever in their work.

"SOLANG DIE ERDE SICH DREHT" is an honest, therapeutic album, from whose now no longer too vague lyrics one can draw the conclusion that all darkness is brighter and every setback less paralyzing as long as one goes through life together. This feeling of togetherness also shines through to the audience and makes the trio's energetic concerts something special.

Text: Mia Morgan