Giant Crow & Paloma and the Matches

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A dark, cigarette-smoked rehearsal room. The only dim light sources are candles and a lava lamp. It's hot. And psychedelic tremolo guitars vibrate from the guitar amplifiers - if you had to describe the music of Paloma & The Matches from

Bremen, this image would probably be the most apt. The band is characterized above all by a handmade mix of good-mood surf music, dirty guitar riffs, paired with funky basslines and melancholic, dreamy sounds reminiscent of old Tarantino or Bond soundtracks. Here and there, oriental-inspired drums stray into the authentic overall picture, broken up by the raw main vocals of singer Bianca Paloma Marstaller and rounded off by the experimental three-part harmonies of the male band line-up: Kai Kampf, Tom Wagner and Jelte Hildebrands.

The four hippies in leather jackets, bell bottoms and Chelsea boots take you on a journey through time and paint their very own blurred picture of a 60s utopia. Their unique sound works best on a stage with a large dance floor - or at least turned up very loud on your grandparents' record player.

Giant Crow is a rock band from Hamburg (Germany). Their versatile and multi-layered music blends a wide variety of influences from alternative country, indie, post-punk and neo-psychedelic. Unusual sounds and arrangements meet catchy melodies and strong hooklines, held together by the memorable voice of singer and banjo player Nikolas Kuhl, whose lyrical, sometimes mystical lyrics oscillate between apocalyptic spirituality and ironic refraction. Justin Jardine coaxes sounds from Nashville to post-rock from his electric guitar and Judith Krischke on bass delivers deep tones ranging from folky-jazzy to evil distortion boards. Although Maline Zickow is originally a classical violinist, she likes to blur all genre boundaries, and not just with Giant Crow. The musicians' unbridled joy of playing rubs off on the audience, whether they are floating away to the electronically charged post-rock finale of City Lights, shaking their hair to Hands or can't keep their feet still during the country shuffle banger Anthem.

For fans of: 16 Horsepower, Wovenhand, Emma Ruth Rundle, Manchester Orchestra, Dry the River, To Kill A King, Bear's Den, Lucy Kruger & the Lost Boys, Nick Cave

Press: "Like distant America, bloody, wild, like Cormac McCarthy, in a feverish mixture of Hank Williams, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Joy Division"

Chris Airoldi

"Even if stylistically the basic tone of folk and rock predominates, this band also fuses nuances from alternative and progressive music and borrows from post-rock. This mixture also clearly sets the Hamburg band apart from typical genre representatives."

Gezeitenstrom Music Magazine