TENT
- From:
- Germany
- Joined:
- over 3 years ago
Bio
Songs to hear: Lucy / Do The Robot
The band TENT‘s references read like the who-is-who in international indie, even
before their first release. The three Hessians already shared the stage with today’s
most acclaimed indie rockers like Koufax, Figurines, and The Thermals. And that is
no surprise to anyone who ever attended a show by these fine young men. Judging
from that experience it is only a matter of time before they get the same recognition.
People keep calling two guitars, bass, and drums a classical band line-up, which I
think is total crap. Who needs two guitars? And then, musicians keep complaining
that they don’t have enough money to survive and be creative. They should either go
get a regular job or reduce their guitar section to one, because one is definately
enough. You can write damn fantastic songs with only one guitar. As a proof for that I
would like to draw your attention to the debut-ep ‘do something’ by the self-same pop
music group TENT. It doesn’t take more than that! Five songs that are so getting
along with only one guitar. One reason for that is singer/guitar player Alex who is
doing a damn fine guitar job. On the other hand you can actually do something with a
bass guitar. And I don’t have to mention Ringo to put forth that sometimes less is
more, when it comes to drums.
TENT haven’t even been doing their thing for very long. The band was born in
November 2004, for the usual reasons. And ever since Alexander Eß (guitar [one],
voice), Malte Graubner (bass), and Benedikt Wahls (drums) have been playing
awfully nice indie music. Besides, it took them just a single show to reignite my
passion for punk. Sometimes two minutes are enough to write a great song and just
play it, not spoiling it by showing off musicianship. "Fuck everything, let’s rock", which
I think is sensational. It’s all very straightforward and that’s exactly what makes it very
touching. Every time I listen to ‘waking up’ I’d like to give singer Alex a hug, or at least
a can of beer. Which should be proof enough that TENT is not about attitude. It’s just
three musicians who love what they do. They’re having fun writing songs and
performing them on and off stage. And they give it a damn good shot. Twelve
minutes should be enough to realize that.
