Back over to Eurosonic 2025 in Groningen tonight for a set by Library Card – recorded on March 25.
Only together for a relatively short period of time (2021 and smack in the middle of COVID), they already have gotten a strong word-of-mouth from audiences and some enthusiastic press to help things along.
To give you an idea what they’re saying out there (on the other side of the Atlantic), here is a piece which ran in 2023 by Jasper Willems at Beats Per Minute, when the band was relatively new and just making a dent with audiences:
Library Card tackle virtue signalling on abrasive barn-burner “Cognitive Dissonance”
Jasper Willems·October 26, 2023
Sometimes we leave a light on, have ourselves a non-oat milk latte or deliberately avoid a homeless person on the street. Does that mean we are by nature self-centered, morally compromised creatures who couldn’t care less about our collective well-being and/or the state of the planet? This is a quandary Rotterdam noise-makers Library Card pose on their kinetic latest single “Cognitive Dissonance”. We tend to beat ourselves up for not doing all we can to help make the world a better place… but is that in any way a healthy way to process things?
“Existence itself is erratic and inconsistent, life cannot be lived in a flawless manner,” vocalist Lot van Teylingen says of the thought process behind the track. “We can try as hard as we want to be compassionate, empathetic and accepting of the things we fear but there will always be a part of us flirting with being selfish, jealous or vengeful. To accept this duality is to accept our own humanity.”
After “Mirror Factory” and “Sunflowers”, “Cognitive Dissonance” is the third song the quartet has released out into the world; the band has announced their debut EP, which will be out next spring via AT EASE. This along with five other brand new tracks that’ll undoubtedly ring familiar to those who have witnessed Library Card’s whirlwind performances before.
Two years after this article and Library Card are getting a lot more enthusiasm from the Press.
Press Play and give a listen – vocalist Lot van Teylingen is kinetic and she plays for keeps.
(Special thanks to Beats Per Minute – check them out)
