Wandering around Music sites tonight, I ran across some German Indie by way of West German Radio. Power Plush are a relatively new band to the scene and are catching on with audiences in Europe.
This from their Bandcamp site:
Power Plush found each other in the Chemnitz music scene in Germany in 2019 and were complete in their current line-up in 2020. Their common centre of life has been considered an important progressive engine of the German cultural landscape and the Gallic village of the East not only since the band’s founding – between Kosmos Chemnitz, Kraftklub, Bikini Kommando and Atomino, Power Plush benefit from a rich creative network. The fact that they are the first signing of the label Beton Klunker Tonträger, run by the trio Blond, is proof of this once again. Power Plush sparkled as a support act for big domestic acts Kraftklub, Beatstakes, Tocotronic, Leoniden and Blond and were nominated in the category “Best Newcomer” at the 2022 VUT Indie Awards. After a tremendous festival run in the summer season of 2022, the band finally released their first album: “Coping Fantasies”.
The band’s first release, the EP “Vomiting Emotions”, released in autumn 2021, was already a call to live out sensibility. After this chaotic emotional breakup now follows the deep dive, Power Plush arrange and concretize their themes and thoughts. “Coping Fantasies” reflects learning successes from the time of the EP’s creation and recent stage experiences – instrument playing, writing ping-pong and melody development have become noticeably more experienced and self-confident. For the first time, the band consciously takes up space, has created a sound that perhaps seems a little less dreamy, but a lot more pointed, more dramatic, just bigger than it did a year and a half ago. A sound that breaks out more courageously and breathes more intensively, that belongs on larger stages and can actually be transferred one-to-one to the live situation. Mario Simic, who has worked with Mavi Phoenix, Rikas and Bruckner in the past, was once again responsible for the production and his input and fine-tuning contributed significantly to the warm and wavy atmosphere of this record.
You can read the rest of the article at their Bandcamp website, where you can also avail yourself of their albums, their swag and their good vibes.
They’re touring later on this year, but primarily Germany – so unless you’re wandering around Dortmund this fall, stick with this gig from The Palladium in Cologne on April 14, 2024 and dive into their website.
Makes them happy – makes you happy.
