Lovetune for Vacuum

Lovetune for Vacuum is the debut album by the Austrian musician Soap & Skin, published in 2009.

Genesis

Anja Plaschg, whose stage name is Soap & Skin, took the songs of the album between 2005 and 2008 at home. The entire production comes from her. At 16 years, the artist was of the label Shitkatapult (Berlin) discovered and published his first recordings, among other things, also represented on the first album Mr. Gaunt Pt. 1000th After a few concerts that were recorded profusely, work began on the debut album, released on the independent label Couch Records. The CD presentation took place at the Vienna Künstlerhaus on March 6, 2009.

Title list

The American version of this album includes two additional songs: " In the Village " ( 3:42 ) and "meat grinder " ( 2:15 ) (as Track 4 and 13, the order of the other songs remains the same)

Song Info

The song Mr. Gaunt Pt. 1000 was used in 2010 for a Ford Mondeo commercial.

Style of music and texts

Soap & Skin used in their music reduced means, such as repetive piano passages and a subtle electronic soundtrack, and a theatrical vocals between soft voice and screaming. Overall, her style of music acts on listeners artificial and theatrical, although this would also account for the appeal of the music. Overall, the music is kept very dark and sad. The lyrics and the music (for example, the use of a funeral march ) are characterized in part by a desire for death, which could remind of the Sturm und Drang period, according to Matthias von Viereck ( Laut.de ).

Success and reception

Their first album was evaluated by the criticism very well and reached # 5 on the Austrian album charts. In Germany, the album reached the top 50 The album received two awards, the European Border Breakers Award of the European Commission in 2010 and the Austrian Music Award Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2009 in the category " Alternative / Rock ".