klaus johann grobe: spagat der liebe

Klaus Johann Grobe continue to avoid easy classification with Spagat der Liebe, the follow-up to their mind-scrambling 2013 debut album Im Sinne der Zeit. The sinister, late-night grooves present of their debut have been tempered a bit, in favor of somewhat sunnier dispositions, calling to mind an ecstatic party somewhere in sunny Ibiza. Tunes like album opener Ein Guter Tag & first single Wo Sind feel like a warm up, preparing the listener for the four-on-the-floor propulsion of Rosen des Abschieds - a song tailor-made to sweat to. Elsewhere the fragile Heut Abend nur ("Tonight Only") & the synth-tickled Ohne Mich - which is closest the band has come to an honest to goodness pop tune - guides the listener by the hand towards floor fillers like Geschichten aus erster Hand and the absolutely DEVASTATING groove of Liebe am Strand, which is anchored by a rubbery bass groove & a killer fl ute solo that takes it over the event horizon.