Cheap Trick

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Here it is, the third single release "Cheap Trick" from "Grand Bruit", the third album of the indie rock shoegaze band vandermeer. Spherical shoegaze verses collide with a dirty stoner rock chorus. Short and crisp, melodic and bitter - real. The only real thing, because here it's about not being noticed, the intentional ignorance, or yet not being. A shaking of the sense of reality. So what is real? Is everything a cheap trick - are we caught in our loop, in our bubble? We in shock, in numbness, in lies. And outside, everyone is freaking out. Am I still there? Do we always have to please? Don't you finally have to please me? Am I your lie - or perhaps you are mine? "Cheap Trick" is, or is not. A balancing act. A question. An exclamation mark! Turn it up loud! The alternative rock/new wave quartet releases „Grand Bruit“ on 09.12.2022 via Barhill Records/Cargo Records as 2LP/CD and digitally.

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getting weary of these fights / way too tired to sleep
i can feel that i move my lips, but i don’t hear / a voice that’s coming out
i cut my finger on a shard / but i remain this numb

i could be a lie, lie, lie, lie / i could be that lie
i could be your lie, lie, lie, lie / i could be that lie

my shadow in a shop window / don’t you recognize me
and even though i try to run / i remain there numb

i could be a lie, lie, lie, lie / i could be that lie
i could be your lie, lie, lie, lie / i could be that lie

i lost where i belong to / anywhere i’m going / my jury is my enemy

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released November 18, 2022
Song Music & lyrics: vandermeer
Label: Barhill Records Catalogue:
BHR045S2 Publisher: Edition Barhill Records / MMP.Mute.Music.Publishing E.K.

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vandermeer Germany

The indie band vandermeer plays shoegaze and rock influences. Since 2016, the band has been 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). ... more

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