There’s no place for losers like them, you know.
Berlin-based trio Pabst return with the catchy noise of their new single ‘Skyline’. The track is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album Deuce Ex Machina, which is set to be released this summer.
Hook-laden and fuzzy, ‘Skyline’ is irresistibly toe-tapping despite its essence of sadness. “This city’s no place for losers like us”, vocalist Erik Heise muses as he watches the German capital become gentrified and documenting his frustration and creatives being priced out of the area.
“Nobody who owns the apartments really lives in them: students live there who stay in the city for a comparatively short time, tourists stay there for whom the apartments are converted into holiday homes, and above all; for people who can afford it,” share Pabst of what inspired the track’s core. “Everyone else has to move out of the city to where it’s boring and cheap. You know that, it’s nothing new.
“And, of course, this affects not only living space, but also the rest of the infrastructure,” they continue. “Many clubs and other cultural venues have to close because their rental contracts are passed on to the highest bidder, or because of a few residents who seemingly realized too late that the city apartment is not a country house by the lake.”
‘Skyline’ is available now via Ketchup Tracks / The Orchard. Pabst release their second album Deuce Ex Machina on June 19th.
