vandermeer (2)

The indie band vandermeer plays shoegaze with rock influences. Since 2016 the band is composed of Harmke van der Meer (Vocals, Synthesizer), Florian P. Stiefel (Guitar, Kaossilator, Noise), Jo Hansson (Vocals, Bass, Noise, Synthesizer) and Bernd Erasmy (Drums, Noise). After a successful tour start in 2019 promoting the previous album „panique automatique“, the tour was supposed to continue in 2020 – but the band was radically slowed down by COVID. However, they had no desire for streaming concerts during the lockdowns. The four musicians don‘t think much of the format and would rather play in front of people in real life, sweating and loud. So instead, they have been working hard on a new album, and here it is: „Grand Bruit“, a successful work of art, a contemporary witness report on the pandemic.