Since Devo and Guided by Voices, the US state of Ohio has been known to many as a state for weird, catchy bands. Perhaps another act will now be added to this list: Cincinnati-based synth-punk trio The Serfs are also known to some from one of their various side projects such as The Drin, Crime of Passing or Motorbike. Between their last two albums, the three musicians have become minor stars of the Cincinnati underground scene. Their sound, which ranges from New Order to post-industrial dancefloor grime like that of Skinny Puppy, inspires punks, minimal synth enthusiasts and dark wavers alike. The Serfs' soundscape is characterized by dark drums, synthesizers, guitars and a pinch of paranoia, sometimes with melodic defiance and exuberance – perfect conditions for a concert evening in November.
Support: Latex
Latex is a post-punk band from Darmstadt founded in 2022. The duo is inspired by style-defining bands from the 80s on the British label 4AD, such as Cocteau Twins and X-Mal Deutschland. In early 2024, the band released their first 2-track tape via the Indie label ichi ichi. Since then, the band has already shared the stage with well-known bands such as Ghostwoman and Poison Ruin and impressed listeners with their melancholic, danceable sound with guitar, bass and drum machine as well as synth samples. The vocals are embedded in the dark overall picture with lyrics of emotional isolation and inner pain. In September 2024, they completed the recordings for an EP to be released in 2025.
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Emerging like a missile from some surreptitious silo in southwestern Ohio, The Serfs are a deliberately nebulous and incidentally industrialist gang of dance-floor hymners-- perturbed and tranced-out troubadours whose sound and musical ideology seems to be a causal manifestation of their immediate environments--hard-wired and hypnotic synthesized melodies propel alongside churning and scraping percussion of every metallic tonality--with temperamental and eremitic words and voices dictating the forlorn venture. Like their Ohio predecessors, The Serfs seem askew from the art that surrounds them, and proud of it.