Sovereign can not cross the finish line: Kraftklub convince again with its melange of punk rock and rap, but this time more forcefully. So quickly go past two and a half years: as in January 2012 came the highly anticipated debut of the Chemnitz quintet in the shops, it became clear after a enervating tour through several major markets, that the album was nowhere to have. Today you can send for the second album In Black still weeks after the release from a CD version in plastic case and decide environmentally friendly digipack with three bonus tracks. Pure marketing strategy, clear. But you can read it as well, that the band has arrived in the reality of the music business. Kraftklub had opened up with their self-titled debut is a big, wide audience, again found by the especially young ideally people in Felix Brummers texts that dealt with a fresh and funny and ironic choice of words of inferiority complexes, lovesickness or fear of the future, but never by hedonism or a confident, political attitude barred. But the most remarkable thing about Kraftklub was (and still is) their audacity in mouth in other bands and how so clever utilized the whole thing for yourself that you could accuse the Chemnitzern never seriously, they would be an uninspired waste product of the music industry. Your punk rock like still be influenced by the Hives- and the Wave Rock bands of the brand Franz Ferdinand. But the sympathy for Kraftklub explained by the fact that they hold neither for modern and innovative, yet they flirt with nostalgia romance or a musty, late-60s like hostility. Kraftklub are a matter reflected in the here and now and have a healthy self-confidence. And just sounds also in black. Rich of influences, experience, skill and courage. Kraftklub have just delivered the obligatory album, what you have wished for. Not really surprising, but more convincing than the debut.