Liebesformular

 

There are currently only a few bands from Germany that can inspire me with their music. One of them is International Music from Essen, who are now releasing their third album. They themselves describe their music as timeless melancholic music and that hits the nail on the head. 

I like that they don't allow themselves to be pinned down to one style. Just when they had agreed with themselves that they must have heard the harsh guitar thunderstorms of the Scots The Jesus and Mary Chain, Fairport Convention flashed through unexpectedly. And when you were finally sure that you could place them somewhere in the Kraut genre, quasi in an ancestral line to Can or Neu, they released a pure summer pop song.

In the twang of Liebesformular (Love Form), there are hints of the first Summer of Love (California, 1967, think of the Byrds) and the second (Manchester, 1988, think of early Primal Scream). Nothing more or less than a great song for the end of summer. And it isn't necessary to understand the lyrics because they are somewhere between between sense and nonsense.