Finn Ritter - AD (CD)AD as in After Dark? Out of Service? In the year of our Lord? Or as a playful reference to terms like "additive", "Aid" or "eight"? Much of this seems to be reflected in Finn Ritter's eighth studio album, which musically follows its predecessor "DA" from 2023 and lyrically tells a kind of prequel story to it. As always with Ritter, the Beatles are among the musical influences; lyrically, however, the Hamburg based singer songwriter has long since

"Something New

bluesy refreshment awaits you

of devotion and rebellion

and the band's name somewhat tricky to pronounce (it's "My-Oh-Ra-No"

and homages to fictional parallel worlds like the Old West and the glory days of the Vikings

there are individual compositions that could easily be the soundtrack to a new film

Funk and Rock & Roll may seem like a tall order on paper - but as audiences across Europe will attest

They developed their own atmospheric

finding his own distinctive style

so that at times you truly feel like you're in Southern Rock

"City of Gold

Eberhard Schröder (bass) & Jürgen Peiffer (drums): catchy tunes greedily eat their way through the ear canals