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  Die Silberfische - Die Mauer Release Date: February 22, 2022 Label: Rocketfuel Releases Format: Digital Length: 43:34 Genre: Future Retro Sound / NDW / Indietronic Origin: Aachen , Germany About one-and-a-half years ago, Die Silberfische (German: The Fishmoths) from Aachen in the very West of the German Federal Republic have released their debut album "Vorsicht! Die Silberfische kommen" ("Caution! The Fishmoths are coming"). You can get to my review on this album by  clicking here . The debut album was a very colourful release that breathed new life into the 1980s Neue Deutsche Welle genre and combined it with melancholic Punk and Post Punk. Now, the sophomore full length release by Die Silberfische "Die Mauer" ("The Wall") is out, and it marks some serious development in sound, mood, and atmosphere. "Die Mauer" is the result of a two-hour recording session during lockdown. All songs are one-takes which makes the fifteen-track album...

Picture Credit: Die Silberfische Die Silberfische - Vorsicht! Die Silberfische kommen Release: July 07, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Vinyl/Digital Length: 34:46 Genre: Punk Rock / Indie / Neue Deutsche Welle Origin: Aachen , Germany Die Silberfische (German: fish moths/slickers) are a quartet formed in 2018 from West German town Aachen. On their first album "Vorsicht! Die Silberfische kommen" (German: "Watch out! The fish moths are coming") they invite us on a gorgeous travel through time and make us wander around the streets of pre-Millenium Western European metropoles. With drums, bass, guitar and organ Die Silberfische bring back the sound of the 1970s. Their Punk and Indie Rock is heavily influenced by Neue Deutsche Welle (German: "New German Wave"), a style that was mainly popular in the 70s and 80s in West Germany. Read more about this very interesting genre here . Nostalgia and a bit of selfreflected irony about "the good ol' times...