The second album by MOFAKETTE will soon be unleashed upon humanity.
After their debut album “Restschluck,” which was very well received here at ramtatta.de (review available at http://www.ramtatta.de/reviews,id-872,go-mofakette+restschluck.html), I was very curious about what the band would pack onto CD two years later. After all, I was the enthusiastic reviewer of the debut album.
The band demonstrates both self-irony with the title “Ohrengold” and parodies all the bands that vie for attention with vulgar names. So far, no band has titled an album with earwax, another word for Ohrengold. It’s a bit gross, that yellow stuff in the ear. It clogs the ears, has to be flushed out by an ENT doctor every few months with horrible gargling sounds, and just when you think you can hear well, you’re almost driven mad by the noise of the big city where I live.
The trio from Benztown aka Stuttgart grins at you in the booklet, well aware that the printed lyrics are hardly readable. Do you need glasses or just better ears to understand the lyrics of the combo? Since no one saw me reading the lyrics, I won’t say how that looked, but seriously, the font size is more than borderline for people over 30. Yet the lyrics are important! Otherwise, I could just listen to surf music.
MOFAKETTE already provoked on their first album “Restschluck” and charmingly poked their fingers into the gaping wound. They reminded me of Supernichts from Cologne.
On “OHRENGOLD,” the three from Stuttgart have remained true to their lyrics. Musically, the band has developed further. The first song strongly resembles “Reduziert” by The Bottrops from Berlin. Lyrically the same, musically it’s frontal power-pop with a noise-punk attitude. Next comes “Gummihaube,” a text that straddles fetish, love, and trash.
Song number three, “Mädchen, Nein Danke,” is a funny, provocative song about men who are desired but do not want to go out with the girls. Or is the song to be understood differently?
“Hamsterrad” is the text about the behavior of the company where I and many others work! Don’t believe it? Listen for yourself. It’s all true!
And then we come to the big style change of the album. About from the eighth song, that is, halfway through the album, the band takes a more digestible musical path. They are no longer as noisy. It’s heading towards fence post. Fence post for adults. It’s nicer, more digestible pop-punk, with pressure, melody, and a bubblegum touch, especially noticeable in “Kleine Welt” or “Dein neuer Freund.”
If you think the band has softened now, they show with “Auf dem rechten Auge blind” featuring a metal riff heavily reminiscent of Motörhead that they can do it differently too. Yeah!
MOFAKETTE may have become a bit more adaptable with this record, but in no way tamer. MOFAKETTE are Supernichts from Swabia. MOFAKETTE are how punk should be. Provocative, uncomfortable, and yet charmingly smiling.
