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But first, let's talk about "Mama ich blute," which starts off quite well with the intro of "Age of Pamparius" by TURBONEGRO. The first song won't be the only one where the melody sounds familiar to me. The Berlin ladies also borrow (!) song passages from MINISTRY, DEICHKIND, ASCII DISKO, THE CRÜXSHADOWS, the ATZEN, and certainly from other bands that I can't recall at the moment. The melodies mostly oscillate between Ballermann electro-pop schlager stomp and 80s NDW sounds! The lyrics by Luise "Lulu" Fuckface, Kristeenager, Netja Triebeltäter, and friends are teen pop-punk with hints of love-crazed longing. It reminds me a bit of the old ÄRZTE songs from the 80s, just worse. In terms of performance, THETCHIK leans more towards a mix of TIC TAC TOE and T.A.T.U. Interestingly, the Berlin ladies managed to enlist high-profile guests for their album. For example, Bela B., Alex Tsitsigias from SCHROTTGRENZE, and Tarek from KIZ sing on 3 of the total 13 songs. All songs were produced by TERRORGRUPPEN's Archi. By the way, you can get a "listening" glimpse of all the songs on YouTube; just enter "THETCHIK Mama ich blute." After listening to the 44-minute album several times, I must admit that I like the record a little more each time; from being atrociously bad, it has at least risen to a sufficient level! Speaking of records, the album is also available on heavy 180g thick vinyl, including CD and booklet. Archi A. and Thomas E. are not entirely alone among the Berlin Kodderschnauzen grrrls, as there are two more guys in the trunk: Daniel Reuschenbach and Mötley Chrü Funface.
Now, let's talk about the better album of the double CD. What HANS-A-PLAST were in the 80s, LULU UND DIE EINHORNFARM could become in this decade. Although here too, almost all songs revolve around SEX. While the songs by HANS-A-PLAST were titled "Lederhosentyp," "Gut im Bett," "Für 'ne Frau," and "Sex Sex Sex," the songs by LUDE (I'll abbreviate the band name) are called "Ficki Ficki 10 Euro," "Die Lichter sind an aber keiner ist zuhause," "Ich will Dein Hündchen sein," and "Ich bin so verliebt." Musically, the 10 LUDE songs are of course better produced, but stylistically they still represent simple, awesome German punk. In the nearly 20 minutes, alongside Lulu and Thomas E., Philip Vesper and Fabian G. Knof also contribute. However, my favorite song is a different one... the tribute song to beer shits... when on Sunday that smell in the bathroom makes the flies fall from the wall... Bierschiss - Dünnschiss, the toughest gang in the city....
For LUDE, I would give a solid 10 points. But with the 4 points for THETCHIK, there's only an average of 7 points... Plus a bonus point for the good booklet...
