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Even though we had to wait 5 years for a new album, the new songs still feel authentic, and ZAUNPFAHL remains far from any kind of pigeonholing this time as well. Good things take time. Under their own genre label “hardcore-influenced German metal punk rock rap including soft tones", the northeastern German guys promise not to oversell us on the current long player.
Lyrically, they remain varied and capture the current events of our time. For instance, ZAUNPFAHL wonders who actually monitors the "monitors" that oversee the overseers, and they note that the masses can be easily seduced in "times of empty cash registers". It’s not overly clichéd, unfortunately, it’s much more current. A very lyrically strong song is "Master of Slogans", which is about an advocate of ethics and morality. "Dead Son" is a very sad, moving song about a mother who loses her child. Yet amidst all the madness around us, ZAUNPFAHL never loses their humor and always remains "punk rock cautious". Feel-good songs on the album include "Sun", "Life is a Cool Pig", "Here We Are Human", or "My Time". For all lovebirds, there are also the songs "Fear of the Moment" or the "Love Song" to listen to. So there’s something for every inclined punk rock listener.
"And Groundhog Day?" Fortunately, only for the lonely drunk in the next pub! The musical arrangements on the album certainly do not fall into that category, and thus there are again beautiful catchy melodies to be heard. It is very positively noteworthy that the rhythm guitar tracks, according to the band’s own statement, were recorded entirely in their own rehearsal room. I find that the recordings have turned out very powerful, and the time and effort that some bands invest in the studio should be rewarded by every music listener through the purchase of records from their favorite bands. Especially when bands have been around for 20 years and still have the desire to invest a lot of passion in their music! Another successful punk rock record that seamlessly connects to the previous albums of ZAUNPFAHL!
