In January this year, a mysterious Instagram profile made the rounds. Shortly after, a stretch of analog photos went online - instead of people, it showed synthesizers, guitar necks, and a frosty, dystopian sunset. A few weeks later, finally, albeit blurred: Faces. In a constellation that probably no one would have expected. TRÄNEN are on one side: Gwen Dolyn, who has been stirring up the German-language progressive pop underground with a punk attitude since 2020 and, accompanied by her band Toyboys, has long since advanced to become the poster girl of "NNDW". On the other side: Steffen Israel, guitarist of the Chemnitz band Kraftklub.