THE FALCON FIVE formed as kind of a power trio without a name back in 2005. After showing his amazing singing skills at a rehearsal, Andreas joined a few months later to roughhouse the microphone. Henceforth, the band was called THE FALCON FIVE – well, you do the math. First show was in November 2005 at Nuremburg’s Endzeit Festival. All dressed up in blue denim, the Würzburgers stoked quite a few people and set off a huge knife fight afterwards. Fortunately, no one got hurt all that badly.
Featuring members of überdoomers OMEGA MASSIF and Bad Bocklet’s very own SHOKEI, THE FALCON FIVE neither deliver a downtuned drone mayhem nor spastic “emo†songs which change from 3/4 to 5/8 meter every twenty seconds. They are rather into a straightforward rhythm with a dancy twist. Imagine WIPERS, ABBA and infamous krautsters ASH RA TEMPEL munching away on cotton candy at the local fairground and you got the idea. Well, at least the very basic idea. With lyrics tackling subjects like evil robots, huge magnets and white rabbits, they are far away from the preaching-to-the-converted which got all too usual in modern hardcore – actually, they are far away from modern hardcore per se.
Dishing out six groovy tunes, their debut EP “We are falcon and you don’t†will be released in June 2007 by Kiel’s quality label Narshardaa (home of MENEGUAR, RAPIDER THAN HORSEPOWER and Freiburg’s finest, KIDS EXPLODE, among others) and Dresden's Altin Village (home of JAPANTHER, PETETHEPIRATESQUID and, well, Freiburg's finest, KIDS EXPLODE). Andre, Narshardaa’s Don Corleone, said the songs remind him of LES SAVY FAV and that it’d be the perfect record for the summer. Mind you, dear Don, these tracks where done in a fierce February's cold! He also said “Leckomio!â€, which is a great german word to express excitement. Speaking of excitement: The six songs were mastered by the same guy who did the sound for SIDO (!!!), FLER (!!!) and JEANETTE BIEDERMANN (!!!). Leckomio!
Releases
12"/CD "We are falcon and you don't" (Narshardaa / Altin Village, 2007)
split 12" with SHOKEI, KIDS EXPLODE, PETETHEPIRATESQUID (Altin Village, 2008)
split 12"/CD with PATTERNS (Altin Village / Coraille / Cardio Club 2008)
cover, "we are falcon and you don't" 12"/CD
artwork by johannes reinhart
cover, split w/ SHOKEI, KIDS EXPLODE, PETETHEPIRATESQUID
artwork by kristof (www.myspace.com/kkristof)
cover, split 12"/ CD w/ PATTERNS
artwork by johannes reinhart
