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There was a small cozy shop. The concert was a birthday party and I was invited. OIRE KINDER (Berlin) and SOIFASS played (probably for the last time). The club could fit maybe 150 people. The dials were turned up to 12.
Beer flowed in streams. The atmosphere was fantastic. The heat was almost unbearable. In other words, it was a concert as it should be. We hung out in front of the club late into the night, enjoying the warm summer night air and a beer or two.
It was one of those evenings you don't forget.
That was my first concert by SOIFASS!
After that, I lost track of the band. Why is that? Because sometimes it happens. That's life. In a big city like Berlin, it can occur.
Then, just before Christmas, the new CD from SOIFASS landed in my mailbox.
What? SOIFASS has a new record? Excitement spread. The band's first album “Hypokrit“ was a real hit that my neighbors have to hear from time to time. There’s just music that has to be played loud.
Several years have passed. One evolves.
SOIFASS has also evolved.
The sound is still unmistakably SOIFASS, but now you can hear more Toxpack in it. The proximity to the streetcore band is not entirely coincidental, as Tommie Toxpack contributes to this album. Both bands are from Berlin and they know each other. Whether this has affected the style more or the life one fights through every day? Maybe both.
“On a Blind Ride“ is a musical powerhouse. A brutally fat drum is accompanied by a wall of guitars and an aggressive, powerful vocal performance. When I think about what to call this, streetcore fits best. Toxpack is certainly not a bad reference.
The songs deal with personal experiences, reflecting the last years of one's own life and the life around them.
“Grossstadtwahnsinn“, on the other hand, is a description of the situation in Berlin. Aptly stated and underpinned with a catchy melody, this song is one of the highlights of the album.
The catchy melody of the song is what some tracks on this record lack. It always moves forward with a guitar wall and a fat drum, but always at the same tempo. Always in sixth gear in the fast lane can get boring over time. I would have wished for more variety on the album. Musically, the band can do it, and lyrically as well.
Maybe they should have dared more here than just hammering it up to twelve.
With this album, SOIFASS certainly makes a statement, and if they play more, they will also reap the fruits of their labor. And I will go to their concert again, but overall, they could have gotten a bit more out of it. The potential is there!
