PUNCHLOVE (US) + Atomic Fruit | Berlin Show @ Urban Spree | 03.03.25

In the organizer's words:

Monday 03.03.2025
Urban Spree Berlin
Admission 8 pm

Live:
PUNCHLOVE (US)
-- Indie/Rock/Shoegaze --
https://punchlovesound.wixsite.com/my-site

+ Special Guests:
ATOMIC FRUIT
https://atomicfruit.baby

For the five members of PUNCHLOVE-multi-instrumentalists Jillian Olesen, Ethan Williams, Joey Machina, Ian Lange-McPherson, and visual artist viz_wel-moving into a maze of a house in Brooklyn together was the transition that created the album they had been writing their whole lives. Quietly evolving from a bedroom project to a headlining live phenom, Punchlove has geared up a densely layered bed of emotionally serrated pain-pop songs that coalesce around a digitally-stimulated, emotional brand of modern neo-shoegaze.

"Channels", out March 1st on Kanine Records, is an album of deeply prepared sounds, sharply honed instrumentals, and a band performing them that knows each other all the way through.

"Rich, sweeping shoegaze" - STEREOGUM

"A distinct and raucous blend of shoegaze and indie-rock made for the internet age" - PASTE MAGAZINE

Berlin based ATOMIC FRUIT combine dreamy, psychedelic rock with electronic beats and soundscapes. With members from Sweden, France, Pakistan and Italy, the group formed in 2021 after a serendipitous meeting at a SUUNS concert and their energetic liveshows quickly became a popular act in the Berlin underground scene.

Their debut vinyl "Play Dough" was released in the fall of 2023 to a sold out crowd at Schokoladen in Berlin and got featured in editorial playlists in Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal as well as airplay on Berlin radio station Flux FM.

The attention to sonic nuances and genre-bending character of the songs, along with beautifully structured melodies will definitely appeal to fans of alt-j and Radiohead. However, the band's approach to songwriting itself is unique and escapes easy comparisons. -Loudness Blog

Atomic Fruit are currently planning a release tour for their second album, "Sketches of the Moon", scheduled for February 2025, recorded at La Turbine studio in France and mixed by Riley Macintyre (Mumford and Sons, Adele, LCD Soundsystem). They just released the first single from the album, "Sure", on September 20th