Upcoming Releases

After more than 30 years of noise and distorted guitars, the DONOTS dare to release their first unplugged album with SCHWERT AUS HOLZ: “Let's see what happens!”

 

With a weak spot for Nirvana's “Unplugged” and Johnny Cash's “American Recordings”, the band along with the production team of Kurt Ebelhäuser and Michel Wern have taken eleven of their classic songs as well as two new songs and re-focused the live energy with a complete wooden instrumentation (full band plus Ingo on piano).

 

“Schwert aus Holz” sounds euphoric and carefree - and despite all the wooden melancholy, the focus remains confidently and positively on the future. The songs on the album come with a completely fresh, unspent vibe, new melodies and rhythms - and yet always with enough grip and drive. Because fast songs such as the live classic “Dead Man Walking” or the secret summer hit “Problem kein Problem” also kick through the woodwork on the acoustic album.

 

It's not just the new arrangements that blow a breath of fresh air through the Heavy Kranich Studio, where the songs were rethought and recorded over the course of two years. The DONOTS have also invited old friends for various goosebump moments:

The DONOTS hit “Stop The Clocks” has been turned into a duet with CAMPINO from DIE TOTEN HOSEN, while KUDDEL VON HOLST has recorded a wonderful guitar solo for the band's first new English-language song in 13 years. It goes without saying that FRANK TURNER is not to be missed in the new edition of “So Long”, CHUCK RAGAN from HOT WATER MUSIC and MATT HENSLEY from FLOGGING MOLLY recommend themselves with a grating voice and accordion, and SHITNEY BEERS sings the intro to “Keiner kommt hier lebend raus” in her wonderful shoegaze style.

Schwert Aus Holz tracklist:

1. Allein zu allein (acoustic)
2. Dead Man Walking (acoustic) feat. CHUCK RAGAN
3. Whatever Happened To The 80s (acoustic)
4. Keiner kommt hier lebend raus (acoustic) feat. SHITNEY BEERS
5. Stop The Clocks (acoustic) feat. CAMPINO & MATT HENSLEY
6. Wake The Dogs (acoustic)
7. Problem kein Problem (acoustic)
8. Room With A View (Give Me Shelter) (acoustic)
9. Eine letzte letzte Runde (acoustic)
10. Calling (acoustic)
11. Augen sehen (acoustic)
12. Out In The Cold (acoustic) feat. KUDDEL
13. So Long (acoustic) feat. FRANK TURNER