Langkamer

Their third album in just as many years, Langzamer sees the Bristol-based band further refine their unique blend of slacker rock, alt-country and West Country folklore with a sincere meditation on grief and loss. Decamping to Falmouth to record with producer Ben Woods (The Golden Dregs), the band transformed the old vaults under venue The Cornish Bank into a makeshift studio, spending a week laying down the foundations for an album that had been gradually written over the previous twelve months. This slower, more considered, pace can be heard throughout Langzamer, with the band often trading in their breezy, melodic charm for disarming confessionalism. From scuzzy opener ‘Heart of Tin’ to the sparse, haunting piano of closer ‘Bluff’, there is a candour that challenges any casual listener, an emotional weight that lingers long after the album ends. Amongst Langkamer’s prolific output, Langzamer bravely stands tall as their most restrained, matured, and sincere collection to date.

Langzamer is being released via Breakfast Records on the 16th October, 2024.

“Slick and breezy country-licked indie” Uncut 

“These guys make jammy, lightly twangy ’90s style indie rock that falls somewhere between Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Electrelane, and Pavement and they do it very well.” Brooklyn Vegan

While so many bands of brothers playing guitars seem like relics of the distant past, Langkamer seem willing and able to evolve with the times, and remain relevant and thriving as a result.” For The Rabbits

"Picture this: a late summer bonfire, a certain obsession with all things outlaw, abundant cold beers and a penchant for witty lyrics. Oh, and did we mention a lot of fun?” Shindig!

"Proving themselves as a force to be reckoned with, Langkamer are a band that have everything to offer." Gigwise

"A band at the top of their game with no plateau in sight...a jewel in Bristol’s crown." Wax Music

"Expressive and timeless. This act has it all." Circuit Sweet

Returning with news of their third LP in as many years and a UK headline run this November Bristol slacker-rock quartet Langkamer announce details of new album Langzamer, and share new single ‘Richard E Grant’ - out today (18th June) via Breakfast Records (Getdown Services).

Offering a bittersweet meditation on loss, Langkamer take their heart-on-sleeve slacker rock to new heights on ‘Richard E Grant’. Propelled by a percussive one-two punch of guitar and bass, and buoyed throughout with rousing synth lines, the track bristles with uncertainty and disquiet, never quite illuminating the meaning of its symbolic protagonist or the heartache bubbling underneath.

Recorded at Falmouth’s The Cornish Bank with Ben Woods (of The Golden Dregs), ‘Richard E Grant’ is also the first teaser of upcoming album Langzamer, in which the band, seasoned by three years of frenetic writing and recording, and afflicted by great personal loss, move to tackle some of life’s weighter issues, namely Death and God.

Offering more on the track, drummer/lead vocalist Josh Jarman notes: “This is a song about grief, in the short term and the long term. It’s about finding healthy coping strategies to deal with loss.”

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Distinguished by a prolific recording output - the past three years alone have garnered 3 albums, an EP, plus a string of standalone singles - Langkamer have also released collaborations with the likes of Willie J Healey, Fenne Lily and Clara Mann, and now, The Golden Dregs. Prodigiously gigging during that time too, the quartet have played sold-out rooms across the UK and Europe, as well as playing support slots for Mystery Jets, Jeffrey Lewis, The Wave Pictures, Juan Waters, Ratboys and Opus Kink.

The news of Langkamer’s latest record comes following press and radio support from the likes of Uncut, Brooklyn Vegan, BBC Radio 6Music (Huw Stevens, Mark Radcliffe, Steve Lamacq, and Tom Robinson), Radio X (John Kennedy), So Young, Rough Trade Counter Culture, Blogotheque, Morning Star, Wax Music and Clunk.