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BLINKER LINKS – God Sees Everything & We're Not a Reggae Band (Both Reissues)

Review

BLINKER LINKS

God Sees Everything & We're Not a Reggae Band (Both Reissues)

Genre
Sonstiges
Label
Bakraufarfita Records, Frisch & Reiling GbR, Boppstr. 3, 10967 Berlin
Datum
26.12.2014
Autor
Karsten Conform
7 /10
BLINKER LINKS - who were they again? I'll just take this template from the promo sheet.... Who are these turn signal indicators - driver's side? I'll make it simple, they are the world-famous CHEFDENKER from Cologne, without singer Claus Lüer. And that's why they are called BLINKER LINKS and they all now live in Berlin. I unfortunately can't find out who sings instead of Claus, neither in the promo materials nor on the internet. I only know that this person sings even more off-key than Claus! But while Claus's off-key singing is uniquely awesome, the off-key singing of BLINKER LINKS is unfortunately terrible :-(
At least on the first release "God Sees Everything," which, according to my research, was recorded in Cologne in 2008. On the second release "We're Not a Reggae Band," the singing is not quite as off-key anymore; the singer has worked on himself, and there is much more background singing, which can often cover the still slightly off-key singing. The second album was probably recorded only this year, but I can't find anything precise about that either. In any case, the sound on the second album is significantly better. And there seems to have been some changes in the lineup; one is out, a new one in, another out and then back in, and then everything reversed again. I have no idea what the current lineup is.
Everything is at least chaotic, and the songs or the lyrics fit that, somehow all chaotic, but still somehow awesome. Need examples? "My Brother is a Son of a Bitch," "Pipimann Ouch," "Pull Out Your Dick and Ride a Moped," from the first album and from the second album "Metallica Were Once Awesome," "Gas Always Costs Just Right," "Dance Me an A," "I Have the Stick from the Drummer of Supernichts." Although the 14 songs from the second album are a bit better than the 13 songs of the debut album. Musically, however, everything remains the same => CHEFDENKER <= meaning damn cool punk rock. With a lot of melody and plenty of heart and soul in it....
If I understood correctly, both records are unfortunately only available as downloads on Amazon, iTunes, and the like. It's a shame, really; a proper piece of vinyl or at least a CD with a booklet, lyrics, faces, and other messages appeals to me much more (old school, you know).
Conclusion: Both albums have just under half an hour of finest music with some deductions for the singing, hence 6 points for "God Sees Everything" and 8 points for "We're Not a Reggae Band."
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