TXL – Angst

Releasedate: 07-06-2013; Label: Riff Raff Records Germany / Vertrieb Bob Media
By: Sabine van Gameren

German trio TXL is making so called ‘Deutschrock’ The Berliners just released their new album called “Angst”.

Deutschrock says it all. German lyrics are the main part of the band’s music and as it seems they were a little bit down when writing it. “Trauerregen”. “Ich Habe Angst” and “Abschiedslied” sound pretty doomish and depressive. The music is far from happy either, energy it has though. The band is not holding back on any power. The vocals are whining, going on and on like a little child that tries to get someone’s attention, not truly the best side of this release. After a while you have quite heard it and then it starts to turn against them. Langweilig we would say. Then, the more positive points are to be found at the guitars. There the band wins some terrain. Playful riffs are making it a bit more alive and no matter how hard vocalist Halid is coming through that, these skills can’t be unheard.

If the band would have a more steady backing the music would come out better though. The drums could be more dominant, bring some bass into that and the music would have a bit more attitude and make from this screaming toddler a more mature band.

Line Up:
Halid – Bass, Vocals
Ricky – Guitar
Schulle – Drums

Tracklist: 01 Rock den Scheiß 02 Trauerregen 03 Ich habe Angst 04 Ich bin so Low 05 Scheiß drauf 06 Dank gilt meiner Fernbedienung 07 Denn der Herr gab uns den Segen 08 Komm mit mir 09 Frei 10 Abschiedslied 11 Dank gilt meiner Fernbedienung

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