Discourse-Pop in the 21st century or why rock bands do not need a conductor ...

There were times times when nickel glasses of sixth form sat with school internship at a special education institution behind closed doors, headphone-supporting panels of Blum field with the imaginary baton directed and the next day her dear fellows, the world and the facts explain why this chant an explanation of the functioning of loving that world "and all the rest" blazes. The inclined listener turned with horror from, found himself troubled from with their own shortcomings and even more so with the said world and heard ... Tocotronic!

I can think of only a half a dozen lines of text from old Toco songs, why have underlaid with too verschwurbelten Stelzgesang in spoonerisms better not rock music and why you better not generate the impression that the "eaten brightest crayon".

Well, you have to Tocotronic credit, that their texts can be wide open to interpretation. But the "new" style of singing of Dirk (he actually been practiced for at least three albums) makes it a really not easy. Apart from this, Tocos closer and closer the instrumentalischen perfection, which is certainly not a disadvantage. You can not do this forever, as if you could not play guitar. What already popular with recent albums, now comes still a little smooth ironed therefore, but is certainly not bad and at least rudimentary "great cinema".

If only there were not this be any Melidiosität herumlavierende and strives schüttelgereimte singing voice!

It reminds me very much of Klaus Kinski Erdbeermund and already said Mr Distelmeyer. That sounds as if someone recite to rock tracks from Mogwai homemade poems to then with the imaginary Tackstock behind closed doors ... oh never mind that :-).

I never give up hope in the Toco's safe, but just make it's not one with this album.