Berlin-based rock/metal upstarts Herbst’s latest single, ‘Du Siehst Mich An’, is out now, as featured on their sophomore studio album, Spiegel (German for “mirror”), available via Drakkar Entertainment.
Translated as “You look at me”, vocalist Oliver Weckert said of the new single: “The song expresses my daily weakening faith in us as a society. We can no longer really communicate with each other – except perhaps through small talk; everything is highly emotional – especially in ideological questions.
“We take ourselves too seriously, I think, or are perhaps too stuck in our ways to jump over this or that shadow on certain issues that affect us as a society together or equally. It seems that this won’t change again any time soon, which I find very unfortunate, because I think that we should all be keen on good (harmonious) coexistence (in society).”
‘Du Siehst Mich An’ and previous singles ‘Tausend Fragen‘ and ‘Argumente’ can be streaming on all digital services here and you can check out the videos for them here at RAMzine.
The four-piece featuring Oliver Weckert, Mark Rötz on bass/backing vocals, Steffen Böhm on drums and Niels Gebhardt on guitar, perform music that is intended to get under your skin. Although their lyrics come in German, they try to reflect life in an unvarnished way that attempts to leave no listener untouched.
With their debut album, Ein letzter Abend (‘A last evening’) the band quickly took the German rock scene by storm, now, and they follow that with Spiegel which features the tracks ‘Spiegel’, ‘Du Kannst Alles Haben’, ‘Argumente’, ‘Du Siehst Mich An’, ‘Tausend Fragen’, ‘Hol Mich Raus’, ‘Keine Hoffnung’, ‘Nie Wieder’, ‘Diese Tage’ and ‘Spring’. It can ordered here.
Regarding earlier single, ‘Argumente’, Herbst stated:
“The song ‘Argumente’ (Arguments) is about the lack of realisation to let a loved one go, even though you have long since realised that the relationship with them has no future. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case, as we in the band have already experienced first-hand and there are plenty of examples out there of friends and acquaintances who have gone through something similar.”
“You can’t let go of the habit; you’re actually inhibited in your everyday life because you want to break out, but you can’t bring yourself to pick up the handle, which would do you good to be happy and carefree again; because you’re holding on to (old) memories from (happy days). The song ultimately addresses the contradiction between heart and head, which – as is often the case in human relationships – do not come together.
“The relationships we have are also reflections of our (shared or individual) characteristics. That’s why the album title ‘Mirror’ is and remains the most fitting we could have chosen. Everything is related to each other. And your life partner/companion is somewhere or at some point your mirror (image) if you spend enough time with them.”
