The year is 2026. The world situation remains dire. So it’s business as usual. General failure is progressing steadily. Tech billionaires are having luxurious bunkers built, while ordinary people can only retreat to the rehearsal room around the corner. From there, perhaps a counterattack can be launched with toxic noise.
Abrichten was founded in late fall 2014 – even then with the rough but entirely plausible intention of combining American noise rock with German lyrics. Since then, there have been several personnel changes in the band’s lineup, which our estate administrator will be happy to explain to you.
“Aufheben” is now the fourth release and appears as an artistically designed tape on It’s Eleven Records. Musically, you’ll find our usual mix, with which we condemn ourselves to continued failure – i.e., songs that are sometimes heavy, sometimes driving, with expressive vocals. This is unfriendly music, carefully crafted by friendly people so that in the end it sounds somehow wrong and somehow engaging. As before, it was recorded and mixed at Studio Tutti in Leipzig-Holzhausen. (Many thanks to Alexander Günther for the balanced sound.)
The lyrics are in German, mostly angry in some way, and (hopefully) sometimes repulsive or quirky and eccentric. There is certainly a certain tendency toward provocation, but of course this should not serve as an excuse for bad behavior. “Don’t whine, don’t moralize” would probably be the appropriate rule of thumb—both are practiced far too often in today’s music world, usually with rather dreary results.
Thoughts Words Action 