Shape / Shifting, by Plattenbau

Shape / Shifting

by Plattenbau

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FredLem Amazing (post) punk with dark electro touch, well done ! Favorite track: Oppression / Horizon.

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1.	Shape / Shifting 02:41		buy track
2.	Hollywood / Love LLC 05:53 video	info	buy track
3.	Crime / Scene 05:34 video		buy track
4.	Tutankhamun 03:22		buy track
5.	Aquarius / Aquarius 04:29		buy track
6.	Self / Help 05:01		buy track
7.	Oppression / Horizon 05:20		buy track
8.	Sleep / Paralysis (Dub) 04:10		buy track
9.	Ultraviolet / Ultraviolence 03:26		buy track
10.	Tomahawk 06:14		buy track

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Plattenbau's Shape / Shifting explores the darkest depths of the human soul, with a sound palette ranging from robotic darkwave to ethereal dreampunk with overlays of curated noise. The overarching element is a cinematic atmosphere, lighting scenes about the excesses of humanity. Themes of pluralism roll from one chapter to the next: fantasy and destruction, murder and the afterlife, love and death, oppression and hope, the mundane and the divine. Plattenbau is the third release on Oliver Ackermann's (A Place To Bury Strangers/Death By Audio) new label Dedstrange. RIYL: Joy Division, Wire & DAF.

Plattenbau was formed in 2011 in the dark basement of the former Stasi
HQ in East Berlin. Originally strictly a recording project, they jammed over slow grinding deathrock for hours and listened back to the tapes into cold dark nights, talking alternate realities, corporate ghost stories, and the death of ideology.

In the years since they have joined the likes of Idles, Preoccupations, Flasher, The Garden, La Luz, and Naomi Punk on stage. Their first US tour in Spring 2016 included dates at Silent Barn (NY), Empty Bottle (Chi), and a run of shows at SXSW. They subsequently toured Europe extensively and returned to the US for two tours in 2018.

Over the years, frontman Lewis Lloyd’s songs have evolved from wiry and jagged post-punk to taut, ironclad synth fortresses, mechanical and repetitive, brutal and hypnotic. Early themes of fleeting youth and wasted nights have given way to lyrics embodying the excesses and brutalities of our world. Yet somehow these songs remain fun, straddling the ever-fruitful territory between noise and pop.

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released February 11, 2022

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