What do Konny, Klaus, and Dada have in common?
The trio from Berlin, ACHT EIMER HÜHNERHERZEN, has dedicated a song to each of them on their new album. Although the good Dada may not be addressed directly by the song, I couldn't help but think of her rather than the art form that had only a brief period of flourishing. Perhaps this art form is going through a heat exchanger and will experience a second bloom.
Am I confusing you?
Then that fits wonderfully with ACHT EIMER HÜHNERHERZEN, who have had songs on their last albums that were more fragmentary, bullet-pointed texts rather than real stories that other bands try to tell with their lyrics.
In my opinion, the songs are more oriented towards the debut album, which, however, had even more energy throughout, but also the surprise effect of the first album.
Frau Vega, Herr Bottrop, and Herr Diktator formed in 2018 and have since gained many fans with their unique style. While the concerts were initially in relatively small venues, the SO36 in Berlin-Kreuzberg is regularly sold out when the three perform there. The band has also been represented in the album charts. However, all of this has not negatively influenced the trio; on the contrary. It was precisely the support that was important to continue on the path consistently.
ACHT EIMER HÜHNERHERZEN have analytical, confusing, reality-based, depth-psychological, pragmatic, and confusingly clear lyrics. One has to reflect and sort through them first. Waste time, then regret, mediate, report, compose, and disappear, and reinvent oneself again. It's as if the band looked into my head and put everything they found into words. Songs like “Jetzt nicht” or “Nicht schlafen” fit perfectly into this.
A little hit on the album is “In Italien warst du schöner.” An ode to holiday flings (or even established relationships, where the old fire is rekindled during vacation) that are attempted to be carried on in everyday life, and fail miserably. A small, fantastic song that creates anticipation for the next vacation season.
The fourth album, with 14 songs, none of which follow a concept and yet represent exactly what the band is. Witty, different, reflective, serious, and dark. All of this almost always with a driving drumbeat and captivating melodies.
ACHT EIMER HÜHNERHERZEN are known and loved by street festival anarchists, rebellious social workers, aging punks, and everyone in between,
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