Hearts Hearts

In the organizer's words:

Hearts Hearts are an indie pop band from Vienna. David Österle, Daniel Hämmerle, Johannes Mandorfer and Peter Paul Aufreiter met there in 2012, somewhere between university and night owls. Together they begin to develop their sound in long sessions in a monastery in Upper Austria, which is initially characterized by dark piano chords, shimmering synthesizers and analog effect tracks. Their debut album "Young" landed in the hands of the Tomlab label in 2015 and the four musicians performed on a number of renowned stages shortly afterwards.

With all kinds of positive feedback and appearances at festivals such as the Reeperbahn Festival, Eurosonic Norderslaag and The Great Escape under their belts, Hearts Hearts set to work on their second album "Goods / Gods". On this album, they expand their sound palette and brighten up the basic mood. The audible influences also cover a wider spectrum. Without falling into mainstream arbitrariness, their single "Sugar / Money" conquered the Fm4 charts and the hearts of an ever-growing community. But it's not just the musical tempo that increases, the political message also becomes clearer and more urgent. Enough of social stagnation, backwardness and a lack of commitment. With "Ikarus (I feel a change)", Hearts Hearts set an acoustic monument to this tendency and once again generated far-reaching airplay.

The band gave themselves three years for their third album "Love Club Members". During this process, they formed a final corpus of 11 songs from 80 sketches, which can be seen as a logical continuation of the development begun on "Goods / Gods". The melodic gestures become even larger, the song structures more tangible and the timbres more differentiated. In terms of visual aesthetics, too, the band is committed to pastel-colored 70s borrowings. The consistent will to develop further is finally rewarded with the Fm4 Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2021.

Another three years later, Hearts Hearts continue their musical journey with album number 4. It is called "This Is What The World Needs" and shows the Austrian musicians in top form. Focused and clear, they present 11 songs that oscillate between analog warmth and digital pressure. Sometimes the drums swing full of soul into the ear canals, sometimes the kick sprints through the bars on all four quarters. Guitars play decorative supporting roles in some of the songs, in others they crash through the frequencies as an almost orchestral wall, and between their multi-layered arrangements, the four musicians also impress with their multi-dimensional lyrics. Without ever getting tangled up in unnecessary complexity. Because the message is clear; this current slant is unacceptable. "This Is What The World Needs" is an album that doesn't just copy reality without comment, but wants to shape it. In which ecstatic dancing and sheer rage in the stomach coexist. But at its core is always a glimmer of hope. And this is what Hearts Hearts 2024 bring to the stage live.