The German-Swedish indie rock band 1000 GRAM has a new single & video out.
1000 GRAM was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Moritz Lieberkühn had left his hometown Berlin to follow his heart north. Once there, he quickly became entangled in in the small city's dense music scene and soon met bassist Jacob Öhrvall (Klabbes Bank, The Big Almost) and guitarist Alexander Simm (The Country, The Big Almost, New Found Land). Nowadays the band members are scattered between Berlin, Stockholm and Gothenburg, but that is not stopping 1000 GRAM from being productive. "When we meet, our focus is on playing and we use the time better than we might have done if we lived in the same city," says Moritz.
On the sequel to the debut Ken Sent Me (2012), 1000 GRAM are developing their incomparable mixture of fat guitar sounds, ironic lyrics and feather light production. The self-confidence and sovereignty created by the fact that the band now have had some time to play together also outside of the studio is palpable. "Our role models come from a time when indie still meant alternative,” Moritz explains and lists Sonic Youth, Pavement and Fugazi, bands after whose concerts you went home with a soaking wet t-shirt, half a tooth gone and a big smile on your lips.
