Loikaemie "People" LP (black)

16 years after the last studio album comes LOIKAEMIE's new album called "menschen"! "Buckle up! Unbelievable but true! Damn axe!" The words of Saxony's largest punk festival shouldn't have been a bit smaller. With their surprise headliner, Back To Future 2019 announced: LOIKAMIE is back! Within five years, the European Oi! and (street) punk scene was shaken twice: the heavy emotions at the farewell in 2014, the greater the euphoria at the live comeback! And even bigger with 12 new songs! Since 2019, LOIKAEMIE has been a constant again, high up in the lineups of festivals and clubs, far beyond Germany. Thomas, Eddie, Paul and Bruno were not only able to continue seamlessly live, but also rise a level higher. At the concerts, young and old meet in all their subcultural diversity, LOIKAEMIE is a band that - in the best sense of the word - everyone can agree on . Creativity has also awakened again: In 2022, “Lumpenmann” and “Tief im Herzen” were the first new songs released since 2007 (digitally and as a limited 7” single), which are joined by “Was Soll Die Ganze Shit?” and “ Let us in", all precursors to the fifth studio album "menschen" that is now being released and is already at home on a lot of playlists. No wonder that after 16 years the expectations are huge, among fans as well as the band themselves. And "menschen" is no less as a manifesto of what punk rock should sound like in 2023: snotty and melodic, uncompromising and reflected, political and good-humored. All twelve ear cutters breathe the unmistakable LOIKAEMIE spirit and yet "menschen" is a huge step forward. The extremely modern-sounding opener "If we were all like that" sweeps away everything that is currently inconsequential and platitudes blaring through punk, from the anthemic one that follows From the title track to the final self-invitation "Let and rein", the energy remains at the top, at the same time the album is more complex than ever before in the band's history. Street punk and rock'n'roll boards are joined by reggea, chants, ballads and melodies that don't have to hide in pop either. Instead of pithy statements, the lyrics tell pointed stories, share thoughtful thoughts about current miseries in the world, the scene or your own head. But there's also no shying away from the anthemic refrain that full concert halls will sing together from now on Oi!, what are these banging hits! Here on classic black vinyl in a gatefold cover with a printed inner sleeve!

Tracklist:

1. FREE SPEECH
2. IF WE ALL WERE LIKE THAT
3. PEOPLE
4. DON’T HATE THE WRONG ONE
5. MINE AND NOT YOURS
6. FOREVER
7. RAG MAN
8. WHAT IS ALL THIS SHIT ABOUT?
9. DEEP IN HEART
10. ONE OF MANY
11. FORGIVE AND FORGET
12. THE OLD AGAIN
13. LET US IN

(Fettfleck Records / 2023)