Where does the heart of the ricochets beat? “(((Echo)))”, the 18th album by the Lungau dialect band, gives a very clear answer.
“You don’t need to mope all the time, don’t pinch your cunt like that.” Such a verse is good as an antidote to the wafting basic depression that is rampant in the world. A swinging accordion drives the lines. Then a saxophone solo tears open the sky. With the first song on the new album “(((Echo)))” the ricochets make it clear: Despite everything, resignation is the least helpful. So the Querschläger, chroniclers of the country and its people for 33 years, start their 18th album with a laugh. …