Over the past three years, the Berlin-based band has carved out a reputation as one of Germany’s most vital and uncompromising new bands. Formed around Seattle-born vocalist and lyricist Claudia Schlutius, the five-piece have brought their exhilarating live energy to festivals like The Great Escape, Reeperbahn and Fusion, toured the UK and Germany, and shared stages with Sleaford Mods, Primal Scream, Getdown Services, DEADLETTER, and more. With two EPs produced alongside Olaf Opal (The Notwist) and Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), they’ve already made serious noise. But YOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT! marks their most expansive and self-assured work to date.

Their new single ‘War Machine’ is a tribute to Claudia’s aging father, a Vietnam veteran and commercial fisherman in Alaska, whose fiercely independent spirit left its mark on her. “You’re a War Machine” becomes a line directed both outward and inward, a recognition of inherited restlessness and the fragility of the people we admire.

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Today the Berlin-based outfit return with their electrifying new single ‘Waste Your Potential!’, a track that channels the restless energy of confronting a life that didn’t turn out as planned. Fierce, distorted guitars crash into buzzing synthesizers to create a tense, cathartic soundscape that nods to the jagged edge of acts like Shelf Lives – unleashing a track as emotionally charged as it is sonically unrelenting.

The single is accompanied by a striking and surreal music video, featuring a gang of vampires navigating the quiet monotony of farm life while secretly longing for the thrill of the night. It’s a tongue-in-cheek meditation on desire, domesticity, and the wildness we’re taught to repress.

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‘The Next Big Thing’, showcases a new sonic direction for LAWN CHAIR. A pulsating bassline leads the charge as the band experiments with electronic-infused drum patterns and stripped-back guitars. Claudia Schlutius’ lyrics paint a wry picture of the pressures of self-improvement and the relentless chase for fame – echoing the false promises of an industry that thrives on ambition but offers no guarantees.

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Linda Sharp was a champion surfer who was born in Aberafan. She won the European surfing championships twice, the British surfing championships ten times and the Welsh surfing championships 19 times. She is deemed one of the most successful British Surfers of all time.

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Natalie Newbold says of the song: “One of the first songs on the new LP that we all loved and sort of used as a guiding light for the rest of the album was ‘Panic’. There was a special connection to it that melded all of our influences flawlessly, and we have a blast playing it together. The song explores the roller-coastering struggles with mental health and feeling beyond drained and angry with how it can hold you back and captive. Being someone who has struggled with anxiety and depression since I was about 3- or 4-years-old made writing this one super cathartic.”

That Weight is a cathartic burst of catchy, feverish punk rock that addresses the heaviness of personal trauma without being suffocated by its gravity. After the release of 2018’s This Is Fine, front leader and Asbury Park DIY mainstay Natalie Newbold found herself writing solemn acoustic songs that strayed far from the band’s debut venture into pop-punk finery. “It was a really weird period of time where I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my songwriting,” Newbold says about the beginning stages of the sophomore record. “I was in this darker headspace of writing sad, slow songs.” After convening with her bandmates Lynsey Vandenberg, Matt Viani, and Lucas Dalakian, she realized this new direction wasn’t working. Lots of reflection and rewriting resulted in a renewed sense of the band’s identity and sound.

The twelve tracks on That Weight are a confluence of the group’s uncentered rock influences including The Breeders and Pixies, in addition to Newbold’s somber acoustic favorites such as Elliott Smith and Phoebe Brigders.

That Weight:

1. Need You Around
2. Panic
3. Do Better
4. Miserable
5. Let Me Down
6. Emily
7. Surface Love
8. Do You Like The Waves?
9. 29
10. Recovery
11. That Weight
12. Something Good

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After debuting their soft, catchy pop sound on their previous single ‘Through My Window,’ their latest track balances our first impressions of Stud Count with a more high-energy punk sound that is also prevalent on their upcoming self-titled album tracklist, debuting in its entirety on July 22 via Smartpunk Records. ‘Give Me Time’ is outright catchy with its classic, infectious, and aggressive post-punk vibe.

“I wrote this song about the emptiness of surface-level friendships and the effect they have over time; desiring depth, truth and decency and scarcely being able to find it,” explains Norelle Green, Vocalist of Stud Count.

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The latest track was recorded in the legendary Castle of Doom Studios in Glasgow by Jamie Holmes and mastered by London-based Pete Maher (The Pixies, Jack White, The Killers etc). It also features additional vocals from Steven Young. The tracks concept was inspired by the human minds natural flow and never-ending thought process, and being willing to embrace what ideas and feelings come next.

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Their new single ‘Telepathic Mind’ comes on the heels of their Oct 2021 LP Still Blooms, their most emotionally affecting album yet – devastating in one moment, ebullient the next, and overcoming any and all obstacles to become a cohesive, succinctly catchy, and uplifting statement of purpose.

“We all get depressed,” vocalist Mariel Beaumont explains. “I still comically buck against it: waking up early every morning and standing in direct sunlight for twenty minutes because a podcast told me that might help. During this particular bout, I knew I was driving my live-in partner a bit crazy with my silent brooding. I’ve heard telepathic communication doesn’t work so well, but I’m a slow learner.”

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