Laut Fragen: Age of Angst (digital outlets)

Laut Fragen? They made polite contact but about whom we know little except this: they are the electro-postpunk duo of Maren Rahmann (vocals) and Didi Disko (electronics, guitar, voice) from Vienna.

We conclude: they are very much in the manner of early Eighties post-punk experimentation with synths and discord/noise; create intelligently short sonic, downbeat punk landscapes (the cinematic Golden Inseln is a rare one in that it goes beyond five minutes, other are around 3.30 on average); deliver a doom-laden instrumental (Sorry Kaputt), some gloomy and spare Expressionism (the title track) and also fire off shouty pop-rock (the desperate sounding Alle auf der Jagd).

Goldene Inseln

Now, we concede we are at a complete disadvantage here because we don't understand more than a few words, but that has never stopped us listening to music from all over the globe.

So we will take them at their word when they say the songs are about “self-optimization, sexism, the climate catastrophe or the longing for a better world”.

“Age of Angst is ironic and angry, playful and to the point, desperate but full of hope. Age of Angst is an attempt to distill and spit out the madness of these times in sounds and words.”

If a leap between early Eighties synth-rock/alt-pop and contemporary dyspeptic ooomph with an anxious delivery is your kind of thing  . . . then Laut Fragen have albums – this being their third – for you.

You can hear and buy this album at bandcamp here