Chlorine

Sometimes, genre can be hard to pin down. By turns raw and furious or delicate and composed, Viennese band petra und der wolf give musical expression to emotions like anger, hope, grief, irony and confidence. Their work shuns conventional song structures, sacrificing catchiness where necessary. petra und der wolf are emotionally convincing. Not listening just isn’t worth it. You might say that it’s all in the name: petra und der wolf instantly recalls Prokoviev’s musicalisation of characters (petra und der wolf do the same for emotions), while also immediately bringing to mind what can be read as a feminist reappropriation. And that completes the profile of a band that skirts the edges of post-rock, antifolk and grunge – a band that has taken a political stand, too, through Girls’ Rock Camps, and, no less importantly, in co-founding the queerfeminist record label unrecords. But you only really come to understand petra und der wolf if you experience their concerts, where norms and courtesy are driven into the ground, often plaintively, and there are no half measures. petra und der wolf’s debut album „chlorine“ is now available in all online stores! „[…] For a band whose music growls so temperamentally, ‘a sense of belonging’ might not be what you’d expect to get from one of their shows. However, for a band who loves what it does so fiercely, you might not be surprised to find that it’s totally infectious, and that you belong nowhere but right there.“(Temim Fruchter, Tom Tom Magazine New York) „Der ansteckende, treibende Sound und der kraftvolle virtuose Gesang hebt sich wahrscheinlich bewusst aus der heimischen Musikszene hervor und diesen Umstand befinden wir als fabelhaft. Eigenes stilistisches Songwriting, motiviert und noch dazu viel Spass bei der Sache, sind das Fundament, das auch live den Vibe direkt aufs Publikum überträgt.“(Openair Ottensheim) „[…] Ein bewegendes Debut mit Ecken und Kanten und Brüchen, bei dem Langeweile keine Chance hat.“ (Mario Lang, Augustin)