Talking Pets

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Talking Pets
General information
origin Munich , Germany
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2009
Website www.talkingpets.de
Current occupation
Franko van Lankeren
Piano, synthesizer
Jonas Klingenfuss
Bass , vocals
 Christoph Geigl
Lennart Stolpmann

Talking Pets is an indie rock band from Munich, founded in 2009 .

history

The band emerged from the previous band The Golden Years . Talking Pets first made a name for itself in the Munich music scene and was referred to by the Süddeutsche Zeitung as the “new Munich pop hope”.

The debut album was released on September 4, 2009. This was followed by television appearances on the BR youth channel PULS and regular presence in radio and print media. Talking Pets also performed with Airship, The Pigeon Detectives , Kakkmaddafakka , Dum Dum Girls and Beat! Beat! Beat! and were invited to tour Germany at the end of 2010 by the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit .

On February 24, 2012, the second album entitled Cities was released. Talking Pets were presented by BR magazine Startrampe together with Captain Capa and Manual Kant in the 10th season. The EP Asteroids was released in December 2012 .

In May 2013 Talking Pets were invited by Sportfreunde Stiller on their sold-out tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Concerts all over Germany followed. Another highlight was the performance as support for the British indie rock band Editors at the so-called Westend Festival 2013 in October 2013 . The concert took place at the invitation of the music magazine Visions in the sold-out Dortmund Leisure Center West (FZW) in front of over 1,200 visitors. The evening was accompanied by the WDR broadcast Rockpalast . The concert recording was published as a DVD supplement by Visions.

Others

Front man Franko van Lankeren is the son of the Dutch jazz guitarist Frans van Lankeren (Atlantic Quintet). His brother is the Munich musician and composer Ron van Lankeren , who was the front man of the Late Night Band ( Gottschalk Late Night ) in 1995 and who became more and more famous in 1998 together with Laura Schneider and their joint chart success . Franko van Lankeren, who was the front man of the previous band The Golden Years , has also been active with the singer-songwriter project The King of Cons since 2014 . He also writes for the SZ youth website.

Discography

Albums:

EPs and Singles:

  • 2013: Asteroids ( 7 ″ ; Soundpark.tv)

Compilation contributions:

  • 2013: Asteroids at Westend Festival 2013 (DVD; Visions )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marie Schoeß: The fabulous world of talking pets , SZ youth page , year: 2012, week: 08.
  2. ↑ Caroline von Eichhorn: Five years of Sound of Munich Now , SZ youth page, year: 2013, week: 35.
  3. ↑ Talking Pets new album , IN.DIEMEUTE, January 30, 2012.
  4. ↑ Christine Bulla: 5 questions to: Talking Pets , LAXMag, 2010.
  5. ^ Asteroids Puls Live Session , BR Puls, December 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ Michael Dengler: Talking Pets final concert 2013 , Curt, December 22, 2013.
  7. ^ Vita , Ron Van Lankeren. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Malte Borgmann: Introduced: The King Of Cons - Sweet little lies , BR Puls, August 8, 2012.
  9. ↑ Author profile: Franko Van Lankeren , SZ youth page.