Fir Cone Children is of course the musical project documenting the eventful and creative world of Berlin-based frontman Alexander Donat’s daughters, aged 9 and 11. The previous nine Fir Cone Children albums fused elements of shoegaze, punk and alt rock. All have been nothing short of life affirming, joyous escapism that has made my summer each year. Now album ten, entitled Jig of Glee, is out in the world Donat has found time to give us one more single with a cool video to accompany it which I am proud to premiere for you today.
I asked the inimitable Mr D to give me the story behind this one.
“While me and my wife were on a hike in Sweden we found this sweet tunnel. Because of what you wrote about ‘I Need An Amp And A Synth’ on Static Sounds Club I decided to film this particular song! It has this TikTok format because I enjoy creating these reels and shorts, and it shows the whole body moving.”
Back when reviewing the album, I had this to say on the subject of this single.
The Donat girls are forming a rock band on ‘I Need An Amp And A Synth’. The frenetic drumming and thrashing guitars on here capture that youthful exuberance we’ve come to love in these songs. There some pretty impressive lung shredding screaming at the end which I was blown away by. Salutes Mr D.
Let’s enjoy the video now.
‘I Need An Amp And A Synth’ is out now and you can check it out over on Soundcloud as well as the video on YouTube.
The album Jig of Glee is out now and available from the Blackjack Illuminist Bandcamp page. You can grab it on tape, CD or digitally.
You can follow Fir Cone Children on social media here….
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