You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Seriously, it’s 5 months old and I’m still finding myself singing the chorus when it rolls through on my playlists. On 17 November 2012, the band announced after a concert in Düsseldorf that they were parting ways with their drummer Michael Maletzki; he was replaced by David Friedrich. This is only seen a handful of times in ‘Spaceman’ and ‘Hurikkan’ during their most camp pop moments. Tekkno has been described as metalcore, [13] pop, [13] electro, [13] alternative rock, [13] electronica, [13] synth-pop, [16] and pop metal.

It’s very difficult to decipher if this is another intentional choice to mock the state of the alternative scene thanks to the likes of MGK or they really sat down and unanimously agreed this was worth adding to the tracklist. Mindreader’ reverts back to the age-old format of screamed verses and melodic choruses, but the choruses don’t meet the same powerful climax needed to match the heaviness of what they follow. In comparison to these many albums and EPs, the sixth full-length Tekkno is all about the harmlessly absurd.This track almost feels like the experiment that led to the rest of the heavy electronic tracks sounding polished and is very much a filler song, which wasn’t expected considering the captivating ones heard so far. In an interview with the German magazine FUZE, vocalist Sebastian Biesler said that their lyrics only use clichés in a satirical way. They’re by far the least entertaining points on Tekkno, not for being bad as much as a bit generic and disjointed with the overall tone.

All tracks are written by Daniel Haniß, Pascal Schillo, Kevin Ratajczak, Nico Sallach, except where noted No. It’s wacky, unpredictable and arguably one of the funniest releases in recent years, but it just works in so many ways. On 12 February 2020, the band announced through their social media appearances that the previous singer "Sushi" would be leaving the band. It’s the same with Pump It, and We Got The Moves, and Arrow Of Love; it’s the work of a joke band where any of hint of a pejorative in such a sentiment has been acid-washed right off, and that’s where a lot of the fun comes from.The band changed the word 'Eskimo' to 'Electric' because it can be seen as a derogatory name for the Inuit and Yupik people in Alaska. On 6 December 2021, the band announced via their Twitter account that they submitted "Pump It" into the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, [22] but ultimately were not included in the final list of participants.