SHELLYCOAT • The Darkness Shines So Bright • LP

SHELLYCOAT's new album! 

„The Darkness Shines So Bright“ is Shellycoat's fourth album, so they are one of the longest-running bands in our local neighborhood. And once again they are further exploring sounds beyond the boundaries of their punk rock roots: The fastest song in the band's history pushes the skate-punk pedal to the metal, then there's pop choruses mixed with morbid indie songs and spherical sounds... and wait, does that one song seriously feature a 50-member gospel choir? 

Yes, and well, why not? Shellycoat recorded the 10 songs entirely on their own - although it was certainly no disadvantage that, at the time of the recordings, guitarist Markus was working in one of Hamburg's most renowned music studios. So the band had possibilities at their hands that in the past have helped much more prominent artists to shape their sound. The result is a 10-song roller coaster ride from quiet to loud, from in-your-face to indie disco, held together by singer Karen's complex - and often multi-layered - vocals. A band that is read as “punk” will certainly be asked “is this still punk?!”, but the absolute ignorance of the musicians towards these expectations – that's also kind of punk, right?

1. Pressing
• Green Darkness Vinyl • 200 copies
• Classic Black • 100 copies