Germany's Post Punk lives under the rule of Pink Turns Blue. When this blog put together a list last year’s favorite songs, a single from Pink Turns Blue sat at the top. “There Must Be So Much More” is a strong throughout but explodes in the final 75 seconds.
The band
will begin a North American tour on September 2, the same day that it will drop
a 4-track EP. The tour, along with a few European dates, is at the bottom of
this post. Among the stops is San Francisco on September 9 (at the DNA Lounge).
For ticket information regarding any of the dates, visit https://pinkturnsblue.com/live-dates.
Formed
in 1985 in the first generation of gothic rock and named after a Hüsker Dü
song, today Pink Turns Blue is made up of Mic Jogwer (vocals, guitar), Paul
Richter (drums) and Luca Sammuri (bass). Their debut album “If Two Worlds
Kiss” advanced the darkwave sub-genre while becoming a seminal post-punk
album. Emerging from the fear and uncertainty of a divided Cold War Germany,
they have since released a dozen full-length LPs.
Since
Pink Turns Blue presented the 2021 “Tainted” album, things have changed
for the worse, or have become more desperate and we have used this time to
develop a few songs from the “Tainted” sessions further - songs that
didn’t make it onto the album since they were not ready yet, says In defiance
of the global trend that the powerful use any excuse to enforce their agenda
and defend their accumulation of benefices, more and more people see through it
and stand up – for themselves and never give up to make this world just a
little bit better.”
Both
the “Tainted” LP and the new EP relate to a world in havoc and the
seemingly powerlessness of today's youth to take over the world and change it
for the better. But this album is also a call to never give up, to never lose
faith or the understanding that making this world just a bit better every day
is what makes our lives worth living.
Mic
Jogwer said "Since February 24 (actually my birthday), when Russia invaded
Ukraine, things became even worse. Instead of slowly getting back to “normal”
and trying to get our humanity’s shit together and to alleviate climate change
and the consequential effects, now we have to cope with war and an energy, food
and financial crisis (again) with the risk of losing the battle for equality,
climate change, peace... you name it. So now the world is not only TAINTED but
is in DISARRAY.”
Website: https://pinkturnsblue.com/
Bandcamp Purchase of “Tainted:”
TAINTED 2022 - TOUR DATES
SEP 2
Seattle, WA - Funhouse
SEP 3
Vancouver, Canada - Rickshaw Theatre
SEP 4
Portland, OR - Star Theater
SEP 6
Garden City, ID - Visual Arts Collective (VAC)
SEP 7
Salt Lake City, UT - The Urban Lounge
SEP 9
San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
SEP 10
San Diego, CA - Casbah
SEP 11
Los Angeles, CA - Part Time Punks, Echoplex
SEP 15
Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
SEP 17
Dallas, TX - Cheapsteaks (aka. Cheap Steaks)
SEP 18
Austin, TX - Sunny's Backyard
SEP 22
Tampa, FL - Crowbar
SEP 23
Miami, FL - Gramps
SEP 26
Atlanta, GA - 529 Bar
SEP 27
Richmond, VA - The Camel
SEP 29
Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit
OCT 4
Toronto, Canada - The Garrison
OCT 5
Montreal, Canada - Bar Le Ritz PDB
OCT 6
Rochester, NY - Photo City Music Hall
OCT 7
Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub
OCT 8
Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel
OCT 9
Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
OCT 10
Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
OCT 14
Pinto, Spain - DarkMAD Festival Madrid
OCT 28
Rüsselsheim, Germany - These Days Festival 2022
DEC 15
Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
DEC 16
Manchester, UK - Night People
DEC 17
London, UK - Electrowerkz
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