It’s been a while since I told you about Staubkind’s new album Zu Weit, so I just want to remind you that it will be out this Friday on the 12th. Louis Manke (the guitarist of Terminal Choice) has worked hard putting this album together, and it sounds pretty good from what I’ve heard so far. It’s nice and guitar-driven, although it does break for a few slower ballads and the acoustic song “Vergiss Nicht”. That one and the duet “Wenn Du Schläfst” feature Carsten Klatte of Lacasa Del Cid (who has also performed with other bands like Project Pitchfork and Wolfsheim). You can listen to some samples from Zu Weit, too. Just head to the band’s MySpace page and enjoy.

Staubkind - Zu Weit tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Abschied
03. Erinnerung
04. Zu Weit
05. Gestern
06. November
07. Wenn Du Schläfst
08. Halt Mich
09. Wunderschön
10. Letzter Tag
11. Vergiss Nicht
12. Königin
13. Als Ich Fortging
14. Viel Mehr Akustik 2007

If you ever want to find out something, all you have to do is ask the right person. Thanks to Louis Manke for providing me with the right tracklisting for his new Staubkind album, Zu Weit.

Zu Weit tracklist
01. Intro
02. Abschied
03. Erinnerung
04. Zu Weit
05. Gestern
06. November
07. Wenn Du Schläfst
08. Halt Mich
09. Wunderschön
10. Letzter Tag
11. Vergiss Nicht
12. Königin
13. Als Ich Fortging
14. Viel Mehr Akustik 2007

As you may remember, Staubkind was working on a new album for quite some time and hoping for a release in the Fall. Well the Fall is almost here and I have some good news. The Staubkind album is almost here, too! It will be called Zu Weit and will be released on October 12th, but that’s about all I can tell you at this point.

I found the song names on Infrarot.de, a site which I love dearly, but there’s one little thing that I really hate about it. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why they don’t put the tracklisting in the right order. Ignoring all forms of logic, they choose to put the tracklisting in alphabetical order instead of how the songs appear on the CD! And unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find the tracklisting anywhere else, so their disorganized list will have to do for now. I’m guessing “Intro” is probably first, but good luck with the rest. I’ll update you when I find out the proper tracklisting order.

Zu Weit tracklisting… almost
Abschied
Bis Ich Fortging
Erinnerung
Gestern
Halt Mich
Intro
Königin
Letzter Tag
November
Vergiss Nicht
Viel Mehr (Akkustik 2007)
Wenn Du Schläfst
Wunderschön
Zu Weit

EDIT
The proper tracklisting can now be found here

Each week, we are providing you with the history of another German band with the help of our friends at DeutschMusikLand.com. Mikki runs a terrific site with literally hundreds of band bios and all kinds of other content like interviews and album reviews. DML is definitely a site worth visiting!

Staubkind has been selected as our band for this week. (Technically, it was the band for last week, but we lost that post so we’re doing it again this week!) In any case, here’s the Staubkind bio from DML:

In 2003 Louis Manke (guitarist for the Berlin electro band, Terminal Choice) began a solo project called Staubkind. The sound was heavily influenced by bands such as Oomph!, Linkin Park, Evanescence and Zeraphine and offered a catchy mixture of hard guitars, bombastic melodies and emotional singing. The song, “Endlos” appeared on various compilations and found its way into the hearts of many, Terminal Choice fans included. A suitable home for Manke’s “child” was soon found in Fear Section, the label of Terminal Choice’s bandleader, Chris Pohl. The maxi-CD, “Keine Sonne” appeared in February, 2004 and the Staubkind debut album, “Traumfänger” has been in stores since May, 2004.

Since this bio was written in 2005, Staubkind’s album Traumfänger has been re-released with new cover artwork, and the maxi single “Ausgebrannt” was released in October 2005. After working with Terminal Choice for some time, Louis Manke has returned to the studio to work on the next Staubkind album. He originally hoped for a release date early in 2007, but it has now been pushed back to the Fall season. There will be a supporting tour that is already being planned for November.

We’re looking forward to providing you with more news about the new Staubkind album. Until then, check out Staubkind’s Myspace page to hear some of their industrial-rock songs.