About
Pabst is a German indie rock band from Berlin. Stylistically she combines a mixture of indie, garage rock, grunge, stoner rock and noise pop. Your texts are only written in English.
History
Initially founded by singer and guitarist Erik Heise and drummer Tore Knipping, who had previously made music together in various projects, the line-up with bassist Tilman Kettner was completed in the same year. Her first EP Skinwalker, which was recorded as a duo, was released in 2016 on the Berlin indie label Crazysane Records. After a few concerts in Germany and Switzerland, the band was nominated for the Anchor Award of the Reeperbahn Festival in 2017.
In the summer of 2018, their debut album Chlorine was released, which was mostly positively discussed by the press, especially in relation to the international sounding of the band.
“that they can write great songs away from uptempo. And by no means just sounding like another English-speaking band from Germany. "
- Plattentests.de
"It should go to hell if this trio doesn't soon gain international attention."
- Intro
"Chlorine is the perfect plate for a summer that is not in the picture book."
- Visions
This was followed by a first headline tour through Germany, as well as a joint tour with the Berlin band Odd Couple in 2019.
In 2018 and 2019 the band played support shows for Drangsal, Bob Mold, Shonen Knife, Leoniden and Kadavar, as well as many festivals, especially in Germany and neighboring countries. In December 2019, Pabst played, at the invitation of rapper Casper, at his Back Home Festival. In total, the band can book well over 100 concerts so far.
On June 19, 2020 the band released their second album DEUCE EX MACHINA on the label Ketchup Tracks, which was founded especially for this purpose. The album was produced by Moses Schneider. Nadine Schmidt from krachfink.de describes the album as one that "can easily be called in the same breath as BEATSTEAKS’ "Smack Smash" or NIRVANAs "Nevermind" ".