LIVE: The Notwist [DE]

Cult German band The Notwist returns to Bucharest this year – Saturday, November 21 at Control Club – as part of a European tour in support of their brand new album, News from Planet Zombie, presented by Liveland. Known for their unique blend of indie rock, electronica and post-rock, as well as cult indie hits such as One With The Freaks and Pick Up The Phone, The Notwist have always been pioneering their own sound, walking a trail of songs across genres toward something definitively new and distinctly them. Yet the German born band are never running ‘from’ their previous creations rather ‘toward’ the next, and in doing so have crafted a series of personal yet impeccable records that warmly thread together the far corners of independent music. Simply speaking, the Notwist make this careful and banging, private yet pop, post-everything music, for the movie going on inside you. A Notwist concert is a Notwist concert is a Notwist concert. The band around the core trio of Cico Beck and the Acher brothers Markus and Micha usually takes its studio recordings as a mere starting point for their live performances, considering them to be possibilities that need to be explored further. With News from Planet Zombie, to be released this March via Morr Music, The Notwist return to view after years of exploration and experiment with an album rich in both melancholy and positivity, sketched across a suite of thrilling, fiercely committed pop songs. It’s an album reflecting a chaotic world, but responding with warmth and generosity, to achieve creative and spiritual consolidation. Recorded in their home base of Munich, it reconnects with the security of the local to explore the troubles of the global: a guiding impulse writ large across this album’s eleven songs. It’s also the first studio album since 1995, that the band recorded together in the studio in its expanded live formation. Tickets: 95 lei • Presale (till March 1st) 120 lei • General sale 150 lei • Door deal — * Children ages 12 and under are not allowed. ** Children up to 16 years old need a valid ticket and must be accompanied by a parent with a valid ticket. *** Minors aged 16 to 18 years old have access with a valid ticket. **** Serving and alcohol consumption are strictly forbidden for all minors.