About this Episode
“Korridor” is the first album by the post-punk band Kracht (from Augsburg/Munich).
“Korridor” is about departure and termination. About the courage to take the first step and jump into cold water. But also about defeat and ruin, the failure to meet one’s own expectations.
It’s about breaks. With conventions. With expectations. With the zeitgeist. And also with your own homeland. While the lyrics revolve around stagnation and social coldness, the music pushes forward energetically. Everything here screams: Get out of here. But where to? The answer is missing. Because Kracht make music that opens doors and then slams them shut again.
Kracht make guitar music at a time when guitar music is actually dead. Everywhere you come across the ruins of once great genres. A bit of punk here, a bit of indie there. There a wall of guitars, there again a crystal clear melody. From this the band builds a sound that sounds cool, urban and modern, but at the same time fragile and old school. Music that knows that it is out of time and that is exactly where it draws its strength from. Because she doesn’t have to adapt. Doesn’t have to fit in anywhere. There may be more question than answer.
Kracht are:
Falko (vocals, guitar)
Ralph (bass)
Contact:
Kracht: Frost 4:08
