03 Sep 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Apologies for the flood of "premieres" today, call it a lack of proper coordination on our end. Anyway, here's another one you shouldn't dare to miss, the brand new video for "Pyramiden" by
unhappybirthday. The trio hails from the ancient Baltic Sea port Wismar, a place apparently grim enough to fall back into convincingly stubborn post-punk schticks, with a ramshackle production over motorik beats, enriched with just the right amount of Teutonic furor to complete the picture of three lost boys on the fringes of society. The video adds some hints of Riefenstahl's aesthetics when portraying the band, a fact that may come across as overly obvious yet that manages to remain subtle enough to not end up anywhere close to Rammstein territory. The song itself is pretty infecting, showcasing a young outfit's potential that could let it become one of the freshest things in the guitar music realm in Germany as of late. Very promising indeed.
"Pyramiden" is taken from unhappybirthday's debut full-length
Sirup, which is out tomorrow, September 4, via
Crash Symbols.
