2023-05-31 03:01:08
Give up or keep going – in hard times you have to choose between these two options. Silbermond frontwoman Stefanie Kloß knows that too. “We now have a new situation in which we all find ourselves and we accept it and look for our new place in it,” says the singer in an interview with the German Press Agency. The band’s new album, which will be released on Friday, was created precisely in these difficult times.
This year is a very special one for the pop-rock band, which was founded as a school band in Bautzen, Saxony – not only because of the new album. Silbermond celebrates its 25th anniversary. But this is not particularly celebrated, says Kloß. It’s not really an issue, the band’s birthday, because according to the frontwoman it depends on completely different things: “Do we still have the same feeling for each other? It’s not a question of time, but a description of the present.” The last album “Steps” was released in 2019. Individual songs from the new album, such as “Hey Ma” or the title track “Auf Auf”, have already been released as singles.
It’s not surprising that the anniversary doesn’t play a major role for the four band members, says the band’s longtime manager, Lutz Sauerbier. Over the years, the four people have become a family. “And with people you love, you don’t ask yourself how long this has been going on.” Sauerbier – himself a musician – has been with the band since 2004. When he saw them play for the first time, he was immediately enthusiastic. “Even back then, everyone was hanging on Stefanie’s every word. Even as an 18 or 19-year-old, she had every store under control immediately.” To this day, songs like “Symphonie” or “Durch die Nacht” are among the most popular white sour beers among fans.
With the release of the album “Light Luggage” in 2015, the band learned that it’s about taking time for each other, keeping each other up to date and listening, reveals Stefanie Kloß. “We rolled out as a collective for many years and sometimes ignored the fact that we are individuals.” Meanwhile, the band members looked and pay attention to each other. “To see whether the thread that connects us is still the same red and the same strength,” summarizes Kloß. Since then the band has functioned better than ever, investing a lot of time in the now instead of thinking about a number of years.
However, the past few years in particular have been very formative for the band, says Kloß. However, they only really became aware of this during the writing of the new record. “The record revolves a lot around the power source connection. How important it is in some moments to be someone or to have someone who is there for someone who strengthens, who takes away doubts.” Since their breakthrough in 2004, the band has sold millions of records.
Not only for them, but for society as a whole, recent times have been a major challenge. In the east of the country – their homeland – perhaps there is a special sensitivity to this change, believes Kloss, who regularly positions herself politically as the band’s voice and also addresses her East German roots. “Perhaps our job now as a society is to calibrate the compass. We as a band are now looking ahead, shaking ourselves and contemplating what the new entails.”
Silbermond has been on tour with her new album since the end of May. The quartet can be seen in Vienna on June 25th at the Danube Island Festival.
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