{"id":34329,"date":"2018-01-25T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=34329"},"modified":"2018-01-25T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T21:12:10","slug":"teenage-rebellion-cassettes-walkmans-krakow-loves-adanas-new-single-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/teenage-rebellion-cassettes-walkmans-krakow-loves-adanas-new-single-rapture\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage rebellion, cassettes, and Walkmans on Krak\u00f3w Loves Adana’s new single Rapture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krak\u00f3w Loves Adana<\/strong>‘s new single “Rapture” comes out of nowhere it seems. Brooding vocals, clever lyrics and the omnipresent synths and guitars make for the best combination on our two favorite tracks from the Hamburg-based duo and partners in crime Deniz\u00a0Cicek<\/em> and Robert Heitmann.<\/em> Today along with the release of their new single via Better Call Rob\u00a0<\/em>unveil their Ebba\u00a0\u00c5gren<\/a> (of rising duo Wy we talked about extensively here<\/a>) directed video for “Rapture”. Another simplistic take, rendered with the greatest taste.<\/p>\n

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Tell me what\u2019s worse
\nTo die young or to die first
\nI guess it doesn\u2019t make a difference<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The track touches upon teen subjects in a peculiar nostalgic way. Bringing up souvenirs from Deniz Cicek<\/em> own teenage years. Back at a time she didn’t have internet access (she only got a connection when she turned 17) and the only distraction laying around that spiked her curiosity was a tape cassette and a tape recorder. To which she inevitably was drawn towards and started recording her first songs on the medium.<\/p>\n

Today though, she brings an unmistakable vocal maturity and craft to the project she started with Robert Heitmann<\/em>. And who better to bring it to our attention than the same team behind Wy’s success around the world: Better Call Rob<\/em>. Talking of Wy, Ebba\u00a0\u00c5gren\u00a0<\/em>directed the video you see above. Also bringing a signature adolescent-esque look to the track and illustrating with brio the actual subject the song brings to the table:\u00a0The cassette, with the walkman making music a private experience, with the mixtape reflecting romance, with its shabby sound embodying a somehow misplaced nostalgia.<\/p>\n[accordion]\n[item title=”Rapture – Lyrics”]\n

Tell me what\u2019s next
\nTell me what\u2019s best
\nPut a cassette into the tape deck<\/span><\/h4>\n

Gotta play it for me
\nHear the voices weep
\nLet the sad poets sing me to sleep<\/h4>\n

This is the rapture of my heart
\nOf my rebel heart<\/h4>\n

Tell me what\u2019s worse
\nTo die young or to die first
\nI guess it doesn\u2019t make a difference<\/h4>\n

Gotta stick to the blue
\nLike a stone in my shoe
\nI will carry it along
\nWill carry it along<\/h4>\n

This is the rapture of my heart
\nOf my rebel heart<\/h4>\n[\/item]\n[\/accordion]\n

\u2018Rapture\u2019 Single out on January 26th, 2018 via Better Call Rob. Taken off their forthcoming record \u2018Songs After The Blue\u2019\u200b due to be released on April 6th, 2018.<\/h3>\n