Laurenz Nikolaus

In the artist's words:

Growing up between the last bus in the suburbs and the first subway train to the big city, Laurenz Nikolaus opens up his diary and lets us in on everyday worries, young love and the well-tended rotting away in an old building.

What seems melancholy at first glance is carried with a surprising lightness, somewhere between Austropop and Indie, between Hirsch, Voodoo Jürgens and a touch of Beirut. It's about everyday things, which are also the big themes in life - falling in love, getting your heart broken, losing yourself and finding yourself again. He packs these themes into lyrics that are direct, sometimes lovingly twisted, often make you smile and always make you feel.

Tinder dates in Zollergasse, decadence in the Volksgarten and walking home through rain-soaked alleyways - these are stories that only Vienna can write.

Laurenz Nikolaus keeps the great tradition of Austropop alive in an honest way, not out of calculation, but because it's in his blood. His band was formed from years of friendship and a shared passion for music, down-to-earth and without much frippery.

He began his musical journey as a child in a brass band, and today he stands for a sound that has as much heart as it does attitude. He comes from a new generation, thinks and feels differently and still manages to stand with both feet in this musical history. At the same time, he brings a modernity that is absolutely coherent.

The album is released via upstairs, the Viennese label that is also home to pop/hip-hop shooting star Eli Preiss and the celebrated indie band Wallners - a creative cosmos between mainstream and subculture, in which Laurenz Nikolaus also finds his very own place.

From the Viennese soul straight into our hearts.