Sylt (album)

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Sylt
Studio album by Kettcar

Publication
(s)

2008

Label (s) Grand Hotel van Cleef

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Indie rock , indie pop

Title (number)

12

running time

43 min 45 s

occupation
  • Guitar / vocals: Erik Langer
  • Drums : Frank Tirado-Rosales

production

Swen Meyer, Tobias Siebert, Moses Schneider

Studio (s)

mob studios Hamburg

chronology
of sparrows and pigeons, roofs and hands
(2005) 		Sylt Between the Rounds
(2012)

Sylt is the third studio album by the Hamburg band Kettcar . It was released on April 18, 2008 on the Grand Hotel van Cleef label.

History / meaning

In the winter of 2007/08, Kettcar recorded their third studio album. Some of the recorded songs could already be heard live at concerts in 2007. The advance single Graceland hit stores on March 28th and entered the German singles charts. Sylt was released on April 18th and reached number 5 in the German album charts, the same place as its predecessor Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern undehand .

style

As with the two previous albums, the music on the album oscillates between indie rock tracks influenced by punk and songs in the style of singer-songwriters . There is a differentiation in the auditory impression through the three different producers who have given the titles they produce their own personal stamp. In addition to Swen Meyer, who already produced the previous Kettcar albums, Moses Schneider (including Beatsteaks , Tocotronic ) and Tobias Siebert ( Klez.e ) provided the multi-faceted sound.

content

In contrast to the previous album Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Hands , the lyrics are again increasingly dedicated to the criticism of social conditions. "I convey stories that are often about the fact that losers are also taken into account, that social conditions are embedded in stories where you can see that everything is not going right." Reports main songwriter Marcus Wiebusch in a ZDF report on the release of the album. The “neoliberal impositions” (Marcus Wiebusch) in the times of Hartz IV are particularly described. This becomes particularly clear in the title Insignificant, limited, out . The texts by Marcus Wiebusch and Reimer Bustorff give fewer instructions for a “better life”. Rather, they are precise observations of the reality of life as experienced by the copywriters.

Cover

The album cover, in turquoise and brown and red tones, shows the painting Hochbahn by the Leipzig painter David Schnell .

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Sylt
  DE 5 05/05/2008 (8 weeks)
  AT 12 05/02/2008 (3 weeks)
  CH 78 05/04/2008 (1 week)
Singles
Graceland
  DE 57 04/14/2008 (3 weeks)
  1. Graceland
  2. Zero sum game
  3. At the table
  4. No more outside
  5. We don't have to do that
  6. Fake for Real
  7. Minor, temporary, out
  8. Agnostic for beginners
  9. Betray
  10. dark
  11. Would
  12. We will never be disappointed

Limited Edition Bonus:

  1. DVD with video recordings of the 'Kettcar Russia Adventure' and the Graceland video with Russian subtitles

In the piece Am Tisch , Niels Frevert sings the second verse.

Single releases

Graceland (April 2008)

  1. Graceland - 3:30 am
  2. Scene 2: The Last Battle (non album track) - 3:39
  3. Baboon Rocks (non album track) - 3:02

credentials

  • No more outside
    • The line of text "Hitler was already authentic" is a quote from Diedrich Diederichsen ( Hitler was authentic from the magazine Spex ). The verses "More embarrassing than authentic / Hitler was already authentic" were quotation of the day on April 18, 2008 in Die Zeit .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Video report on ZDF  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on February 10, 2014. (offline)
  2. ↑ Visions No. 182 (May 2008), pp. 28–33
  3. ↑ Advance notice on musikexpress.de
  4. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH

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