Vienna (dpa) – Right at the beginning of their new album, the Viennese band Culk sets the basic mood for their dark examination of the present. “Anyone who looks will no longer be able to see because of tears, we can’t just stand next to it anymore,” sings front woman and lyricist Sophie Löw on the first number of the album “Generation Maximum” in “Hedonie” is the name of the solemn song, which has quiet guitar tones, a hard one Electric guitar riff and a bass cloud in the background also acoustically creates an apocalyptic atmosphere with a glimmer of hope.
Culk released their first single “Begierde/Scham” in 2018. Now the four-member group is presenting their third album. The band, which emerged from a group of friends interested in music, stands out in the German-speaking music scene especially with Löw’s strong lyrics, which analyze the world poetically but still clearly.
Like flying in a floating sound space
“For me, the album is like a contemporary cross-section of how young people in particular are feeling right now,” says Löw. “When you listen to it for the first time, you may feel hopeless,” admits the 28-year-old musician. But by naming moods and problems, Löw also wants to ensure optimism. “That alone gives hope: If you have the feeling when you hear the music, then you’re not alone,” she says.
“We are on the way to getting lost, we see how you see us and move on,” Löw accuses the older generations in the song “Generation Maximum”. But the singer and her band never allow themselves to completely fall into depression or self-pity. In the number “Ode to Joy” they call for “a new song about unspoken dreams,” and elsewhere they state: “Anyone who has ground under their feet can fly.”
Acoustically, this concept album also seems like a flight. With guitars, keyboards, bass and drums, Culk often creates a wide, floating sound space. In between, metallic sounds, distorted guitars and faster tempos ensure that the music doesn’t slip into sentimentality.
In December, February and April the band tours mainly through Germany. “We actually have more fans in Germany than in Austria,” says Löw. There is a larger market for dark music there, she says.
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2023-11-18 17:44:13
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