The Germans, “the most dangerous rock band in Belgium” according to De Standaard’s Sasha Van der Speeten, go out with a bang before their winter break.
In March 2008, the quartet released its debut Elf Shot Lame Witch (a reference to a scene from Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby). The album evolves from hard to soft and back and effortlessly combines noise with pure songs. In the background, you’ll hear influences from Sonic Youth, Brainiac, Liars, Captain Beefheart to early krautrock (Can, Faust, Neu!) and even The Beatles, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. It proved to be a winning formula, because the band received rave reviews in the Belgian press.
“[…] Germans have probably made the Belgian album of the year.” (RifRaf)
The Germans combine nervous, oversteered rock riffs and wild screaming vocals with krautrock and noise influences: they are not afraid of dissonance and honour the same Sturm und Drang principles as the Pixies or Liars.” (De Morgen)
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by Joris van den Broeck (Goddeau, 12 mrt 2008)
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