How do we want to live is because in a very complex and high-quality version in the lush Limited Deluxe Edition. Booklet, presentation and the overall appearance know how to please. The situation is similar with the vinyl edition, which will be with the high-quality finish 10th studio album and the 20th anniversary of the band justice.
Musically, the album can be seen as a logical further development. It should be clear to anyone who Tocotronic accompanied for a long time that punk and slogan liable songs at least belong to the studio albums of the past. How do we want to live is a mixture of gentle, melodic pop-art songs and also quite rocky pieces. It is striking that Dirks voice has evolved and much finer and more beautiful sounds. The lyrics are sometimes very lyrical, cryptic (subtle) humor and offer the audience a lot of freedom in the interpretation of texts. However, some of the lyrics are also very clearly and the analogies to the album title are very clear.
On a single criticism of the songs I want to do without at this point, since the songs should open up each from his own perspective. But my favorites are abolishing, the revolt in me and wait for me at the bottom ...
Tocotronic manages the feat to captivate both old and new songs and continue with each album one step, without forgetting the roots sidelined. Tocotronic Tocotronic and is always a certain handwriting can still be found in all the albums.
The 20th anniversary of wear, it is believed the concerts in Berlin (27.01) and Hamburg (28.01) into account insofar as they play out every creative period songs and the new album is to be considered at the forthcoming concerts by no means as dominant. I enjoyed the concert in Berlin very well-liked. Generally Tocotronic is in my opinion more a live band again dragging the powerful live interpretation of their songs, a quite different under the spell.
Conclusion: A decent, stylistically and lyrically sophisticated album on the 20th anniversary, which grows over time and certainly in retrospect is one of the best albums apply.
