Maulvoll Sessions

Zara Akopyan:

It can be difficult to come to terms with the past - especially when a
period of your life passes without you being able to draw a line under it.
"chances are some things may stay untold",
sings Zara Akopyan on her hopeful EP "In Retrospect"
and learns together with us,
how you can start again without a clear ending.
Accepting one's own identity and origins plays a major role in this:

while in the Nashville-like opener "American Dreams"
finally says goodbye to the glorification of America,
the German-Armenian singer drops her shield in the jazzy song "Angel in Disguise"
drops her protective shield to prepare herself for unknown paths.
Zara Akopyan's equally shallow and powerful voice is accompanied by wonderful strings in "life is short"
accompanied by wonderful strings, until even the realization
that life is actually quite short,
sounds positive at some point.
All of this ultimately culminates in the ballad "Before June", in which the songwriter
songwriter comes to terms with an already broken relationship and looks back on it in an adult way.

because every past event - whether good or bad - makes you who you are today.
there is so much warmth in this insight that you want to win it again and again.
Preferably together with Zara Akopyan.

Loire:

LOIRE - what does the French river have to do with the name of the
the new Cologne indie project remains a mystery.
mystery. What is certain is that singer-songwriter
Alex, whose sound wraps catchy pop melodies in a cloak of minimalism and
in a cloak of minimalism and concentrated indie power.
His close connection to the British music scene is not only
not only in the lyrics, but also in the basic mood of the
partly danceable, partly balladic songs: in addition to
"uplifting vibes", there is always a dose of coolness and nostalgia
nostalgia.