The Deadnotes

In the organizer's words:

The term 'rock 'n' roll' has become a kind of punchline, a musical synonym for dusty gender roles, old-fashionedness and wide-legged muckraking. So, as in so many things today, it's high time for a complete overhaul - THE DEADNOTES call their third album "Rock 'n' Roll Savior", giving the vague catchphrase a contemporary, long overdue update.

The destructive power of rock 'n' roll is well-documented and both of them know it well enough, but Darius Lohmüller and Jakob Walheim prefer to focus on the intangible, yet always tangible, power of the music.

Because despite all the clichés, there is also this fundamental truth: the songs that are too loud, the nights that are too long, the lyrics that are too true at the right moment - all of this can save you, no matter what. Anyone who has felt this knows that it's true. THE DEADNOTES have written songs that want to do just that for you.

The new single "Jesus Christ! (I'm Sick And Tired Of Falling In Love)", following the album intro "December 31st", which has also already been released as a video, opens the doors to "Rock 'n' Roll Savior" - a record that is not a concept album in the conventional sense, but nevertheless tells a story in ten snapshots that is ultimately about the music in all things. Songs about not wanting to compromise on anything.

With a guitar riff that sounds like the title melody to the whole album, an 80s drum sound recreated with great attention to detail, saxophone played to the hilt and an unbridled joy of playing, "Jesus Christ!" stands like no other song for the freedom that THE DEADNOTES have achieved in recent years.

"This song was the first one we wrote for the new album. I was in an incredible hole and was desperate for some kind of kick. Fortunately, I found a place in therapy at the end of 2022, which stabilized me. We wrote this song, and it was only after that that I discovered artists like Huey Lewis and Tom Petty - and suddenly a whole new world opened up for me," says singer and guitarist Darius.

On "Rock 'n' Roll Saviour", THE DEADNOTES confront the harshness of everyday life with a romanticism that is not naïve, but is aware that sometimes things have to get worse before they get better. But it will get better.

In March 2025, THE DEADNOTES will play the first German tour in support of their new album, which will be released on 21.02.25 via Grand Hotel van Cleef, as a quartet with drummer Felix Overhoff and multi-instrumentalist Paul Hofer-Bottomley. And anyone who knows that the band has already been on stage over 600 times throughout Europe since its formation also knows that it won't stop at just the previous shows.

Price information:

VVK 18 € plus fees / B.O. 22 €