In the artist's words:

Young people used to start playing the guitar by learning the riff from Smoke On The Water and the chords for the traditional House Of The Rising Sun. Today, when they start playing instruments, they like to be inspired by songs by Tocotronic. This rebellious and cheerfully creative band exerts a noticeable influence everywhere in this country. Musically and fashionably, they provide boys and men with the self-confidence that Madonna still passes on to girls and women today.

Bassist Jan Müller has a romantic relationship with music that stands apart from the times. He is the most open-minded rock fan in the band. His bass sounds like the eye of the storm in the songs of Tocotronic. Drummer Arne Zank sometimes travels to the other side of the globe to discover sounds like rare butterflies. He then returns as a musical antipode to present interesting, strange soundscapes in pleasant bars in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Singer Dirk von Lowtzow gets up in the morning and has one song ready. He has breakfast and has a second song ready. Then he walks around the block and maybe makes a quick phone call. When he returns home at lunchtime, the demo version of a third song is as good as recorded.

Guitarist Rick McPhail, who was still involved in the current album, recently announced that he is leaving the band for an indefinite period of time for health and personal reasons. For the time being, his place will be taken by Felix Gebhard, known to fans of high-quality guitar music from the band Muff Potter. We wish Rick all the best at this point!