DIE BRAUT HAUT INS AUGE REVISITED

In the organizer's words:

THE BRIDE'S SKIN IN THE EYE REVISITED
06.04.25 | 20:00 | Hall

Yes, Die Braut Haut Ins Auge was indeed the only female band of the so-called Hamburg School! They were signed by the major BMG/Ariola with their very first longplayer. Expectations are high, the scene is lively, the time seems ripe. But the band's sound is perhaps too underground, too individual, too playful for the big commercial breakthrough. "Was Nehm Ich Mit?" begins in style with a cover of the eternal pop underdog Jonathan Richman, "Tandem-Sprung". The sound of the record is diverse, ranging from indie bangers to sixties beats and alternative country. The psychedelic sounds of the American Paisley Underground from the 1980s also seem to be an influence; a retro organ is omnipresent on the record. The lyrics are witty, creative and, on the title track, absurdly melancholic: "The sirens are wailing, the sky is fiery red / I'm lying in bed and wish I was dead ... and the question of all questions, around which everything revolves / Is what I don't know: / What do I take with me when there's a war?" The final album of "Die Braut Haut Ins Auge", "Pop Ist Tot", is released in 1998, and there is a music video for the indie hit "Wenn du gehst", which goes into rotation on various video channels.