After Kabasse, Martin Stürtzer, Ponte Del Diavolo and Work Money Death here's yet another great album that has been released on my birthday this year. I got it directly from Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys' merch table after their electric show on the MS Stubnitz last Wednesday.
And oh boy, it looks like I might have a whole discography to catch up on now!
LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS - Pale Bloom (transparent vinyl LP) (2026)
The most prominent impression about "Pale Bloom" - even before any thoughts about the album's genre arise - is that it's a collection of eleven evocative pieces of intriguing poetry put into captivating songs. And even in passages when the music intentionally sounds less inviting than during most of the running time, the singer's voice always draws you into the narrative with its warm tone, its captivating diction and presence. And while the music doesn't step back into a subsidiary role at all, it's always purposefully arranged to hand the stage over to Kruger's charismatic performance.
She reminds me of other singers, but mostly just in certain moments and details. Whenever she ends a word going from a deep to a slighty squeaky tone, it throws me to Milla Jovovich's only music album "The Divine Comedy" from 1994. The sonic surroundings are too Post Punk for Angel Olsen, not Pop enough for Lana Del Rey, not Post Metal enough for A.A. Williams - and of course Blixa Bargeld has a completely different voice, even though some almost spoken verses like in "Ambient Heat" have a certain recitative Einstürzende Neubauten quality to them. That feeling however may be subconsciously amplified by the fact that the South-African artist's band is based in Berlin.
And overall Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys' mixture of Psychedelic Folk, experimental Art Pop, Post this and that Ambient and Noise Rock indeed - and definitely in a good way - just feels very Berlinese. Which is an English word I surely just officially used for the very first time in my life.
They're not going for a similar amount of heaviness and distortion, but for me personally in terms of drive, artistic strength and clarity as well as mesmerizing vibes and emotional depth "Pale Bloom" very much fills the blank which the indefinite hiatus of Esben And The Witch after the release of "Hold Sacred" left.
All in all - be it live or recorded - Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys deliver a perfectly crafted both raw and delicate, yet without a doubt addictively beautiful experience.
The packaging of the record is nice and extra transparent, not only with see-through vinyl, yet also a lyric sheet printed on tracing paper. Nice!
She reminds me of other singers, but mostly just in certain moments and details. Whenever she ends a word going from a deep to a slighty squeaky tone, it throws me to Milla Jovovich's only music album "The Divine Comedy" from 1994. The sonic surroundings are too Post Punk for Angel Olsen, not Pop enough for Lana Del Rey, not Post Metal enough for A.A. Williams - and of course Blixa Bargeld has a completely different voice, even though some almost spoken verses like in "Ambient Heat" have a certain recitative Einstürzende Neubauten quality to them. That feeling however may be subconsciously amplified by the fact that the South-African artist's band is based in Berlin.
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| Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys live 2026 |
They're not going for a similar amount of heaviness and distortion, but for me personally in terms of drive, artistic strength and clarity as well as mesmerizing vibes and emotional depth "Pale Bloom" very much fills the blank which the indefinite hiatus of Esben And The Witch after the release of "Hold Sacred" left.
All in all - be it live or recorded - Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys deliver a perfectly crafted both raw and delicate, yet without a doubt addictively beautiful experience.
The packaging of the record is nice and extra transparent, not only with see-through vinyl, yet also a lyric sheet printed on tracing paper. Nice!
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