Neumatic Parlo

Friday Night Music Club presents:

Psychedelic Pop, Post Punk, Garage, Krautrock.

Where a face should be reflected on the glittering surface of the Rhine, there is nothing but emptiness. The river carries our thoughts in an endless stream of doubt and teenage angst. Melancholia! An intense longing somewhere between Düsseldorf's notorious old town and the Oberkassel district on the other side of the Rhine. Where could the rebellion against boredom thrive better than here in downtown Düsseldorf? In the area of tension between deceptive wealth, compartmentalized subculture spaces and the fabled Salon des Amateurs, something is boiling...

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After their debut EP "All Purpose Slicer" still sounded like Post Punk & No Wave, the successor "Random Toaster" comes along much more playful with melancholic Psychedelic Pop. Gloomy lyrics meet tender melodies and dreamy soundscapes. Neumatic Parlo create a sound that is at the same time international, but always remains rooted in the tradition of their hometown with motorik, synthesizers and jangly guitars.

As if he were an antihero of the early 1980s, Vincent Göttler sings about fear, doubt and a long search. Then his nervous vocal line, lying above the rumbling drums, is literally overrun by a wall of guitars and noise - so the answer whether the protagonist will find what he is looking for is still to be found, but the existential need already sounds like honey:

A little Yo La Tengo here, a bit of Ty Segall there, some Slowdive there - tonight #live at Friday Night Music Club. #FNMC