A real discovery that was whispered to me is the following band and after their brilliant first tape 2023, this is the debut 12Inch from the Augsburg Wave Punkers Kalte Hand, consisted of Julian (vocals/guitars), Hubbl (vocals/bass) and Björn (drums). Four great tracks on limited, coloured marbeled vinyl in a DIY screenprinted cover, which combine 80s Wave/PostPunk with a proper old-school Punk substructure and German-language lyrics. This is as cold as the band name and as urgent as the EP name suggests and they made their first mark on this crazy theater with the refreshing Positive Energie #2 Compilation... you should give it a listen.
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"Nerves are fraying. The twenty-four teeth of time gnaw away, ceaselessly tangling the silken threads upon which our vague plans hang. Hands thrust deep into jacket pockets, they walk with heads bowed. Some barricade themselves in, lie down, and when the time comes, simply never rise again. The sparrows have long since whistled it all from the rooftops, chirping after every impact. They laugh at the self-inflicted weariness of human beings who dream of themselves and their pets on the moon, who twist reality to suit their whims. Real-time location tracking replaces communication, as if solid ground could truly be claimed. Their stomachs churn and a fire burns in their gullets, fueled by the compulsion to perform, by flexibility, and by self-destructive overcompensation. Just a tiny spark, the desire for a shred of happiness down here, way down here. Those who refuse to accept this without a fight find themselves kettled, mercilessly abandoned to the sadism of the security forces. Vessels of bratwurst on the outside and the urge to urinate within. Anxious buoys bobbing in the wake of long-adrift ideologies. They cannot drift away to entirely different, unprecedented places; tethered fast, they defend their rigid boundaries born of dutifully learned fear. Yet the writing is already on the wall: even with handcuffs binding their hands, our rage refuses to back down."
"Catchy, moody PostPunk band from Germany. As someone who doesn’t speak or understand German, I loved that you don’t have to know exactly what the singer is saying to understand the music; it speaks for itself. KALTE HAND isn’t afraid to go heavy with the drums and rhythm section as a whole, as well as beginning and ending the album with anxious guitar lines that sound like they’re trying to escape something, all of which creates a darker and intriguing vibe to their Music" (Emma Miller, MRR #499 • December 2024).
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