German prog metal trio The Hirsch Effekt share new single 'Granica'
Photo Credit: Christoph Eisenmenger
German prog metal trio The Hirsch Effekt have revealed their new single 'Granica' - the fourth and final single from Urian, the new album due 29th September via Long Branch Records.
Stream 'Granica' and pre-order the new album here: https://thehirscheffekt.lnk.to/urian
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/nULBCoenqnA
Corona infection-related isolation forced Nils (guitar, vocals) and Ilja (bass, vocals) to carry out their planned songwriting session in two different places. When recovered from Covid, their songwriting time was nearly at an end. 'Granica' is the virtue born of need, because the band had no more time to allow for another epic, technical prog song. In hindsight, a happy circumstance for the album, since it allows for a circular track, a shoegaze-like post-rock breathing point. And with it, a slice of colour you rarely see in The Hirsch Effekt universe.
The lyrics describe the protagonist's consternation that he "woke up in another world" on February 24th, 2022, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This is made clear by his act of helplessness, hastily offering his driving services and The Hirsch Effekt's own trailer to an aid convoy to the Polish-Ukrainian border at short notice. Plagued by strong doubts during the journey as to whether this is really an effective way to get involved and help, it becomes clear at the first service area behind the German-Polish border: “we are by no means the only ones here who have the feeling 'You have to help'" and needed an outlet for their own actions. A formative journey, at the end of which there lies the following certainty: "Forget it now! Nothing, really nothing, will ever be the same.”
Three years after the release of their latest album Kollaps the band marks their return with the release of their upcoming full-length, entitled Urian, out 29th September via Long Branch Records.
Urian is a deep musical dive into the increasingly obtrusive ambivalence between crises and everyday life. Significantly less conceptual than the 2020 album Kollaps, it is nevertheless an absolute evolution. Textual ciphers seem more intimate, relationships and references are apparently obvious. Socio-political topics are discussed, in which the musicians critically question themselves and current developments. In addition to democracy-destroying bots that nestle in people's heads in Instagram comments, The Hirsch Effekt gives a voice to those who don't have a voice, or to those for whom all the beautiful life is still waiting. From this dystopian, but clear understanding of the world and its values, a civilized hope arises, thanks to Urian.
After charting at #21 in the German album charts with previous album Kollaps, and formidable shows at Wacken Open Air, Full Force Festival, ArcTanGent and as recent headliners at the renowned Euroblast Festival, The Hirsch Effekt have impressively established themselves in the German progressive metal landscape.
The Hirsh Effekt are:
Moritz Schmidt (Drums)
Nils Wittrock (Guitar, Vocals)
Ilja John Lappin (Bass, Vocals)
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