Beatsteaks - Yours '2017

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Break Down
02. 40 Degrees
03. You in Your Memories (feat. Chad Price)
04. Filthy Crime
05. I Do
06. Velosolex (feat. Stereo Total)
07. Fever
08. Ponkywonky
09. Yours
10. Mrs. Right
11. Sucker Punch
12. Policoro
13. Hate to Love (feat. Jamie T)
14. L auf der Stirn (feat. Deichkind)
15. Attack and Decay
16. Come on and Get Some
17. No Surprises
18. Abbadu (feat. Farin Urlaub)
19. Gap
20. Summertime
21. The Job


The Beatsteaks formed in 1995 in their native Germany playing local shows at
food festivals, and by the end of that summer, the punk-popsters were recording
a demo, Die Erste (The First) which went on to sell more than 1000 copies. Still
only in high school during this time, the Beatsteaks steered straight for their
musical dreams, constantly participating in area competitions and talent shows.
In 1996, the band won a competition that led them to open for the Sex Pistols in
Berlin, in what was only their tenth gig ever. The latter 90s were also spent
recording and touring; in 1997 their debut album proper, 48/49, was released,
and a spring tour followed, as well as support dates with Lagwagon, Bloodhound
Gang, Dog Eat Dog, and Faith No More. By 1999, the band had inked a deal with
Epitaph and recorded their international debut, Launched, with Uwe Sabirowski
(Mad Sin, Thumb). Unlike 48/49, it, and their subsequent albums were written
entirely in English. The following year found them on the road, but by the end
of 2001 they had settled down and were ready to step back into the studio. The
result, 2002s Living Targets, was more melodic and aggressive than previous
releases.
The following year, a shout-out from one of Germanys most popular bands, Die
Ärzte, on their song Unrockbar, brought the Beatsteaks increased attention,
and their big breakthrough came in 2004 with their fourth album Smack Smash,
which won them the MTV European Music Award for Best German Act. As the band
became more successful, more of their time was devoted to touring, meaning
longer waits between albums. The fruits of these many arena shows were released
in 2008 as a live album, Kanonen auf Spatzen (Cannons on Sparrows, a German
idiom analogous to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut). Their fifth studio
album, Limbo Messiah, dropped in 2007, and their sixth, Boombox, in 2011. That
year their song House on Fire was included on the soundtrack of the third
Transformers film Dark of the Moon, further increasing their visibility across
Europe. In 2013, the Beatsteaks released the ambitous live collection
Muffensausen which featured performances culled from their Boombox tour along
with two discs of unreleased bonus material. The bands self-titled seventh
studio LP arrived the following year yielding the singles DNA and Gentleman of
the Year. Returning in 2017, Beatsteaks delivered Yours, their infectious and
surprisingly lengthy 21-song eighth album.

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