We hate hipster catchphrases, particularly the I-knew-them-before-they-were-famous one, but the stone cold truth is we love to hear it first. The sweet five words of delicate superiority, posing as a question: have you heard this before? And the inner satisfaction which follows the negative response...

   So Stereofoxes, have you heard Cari Cari before? No? Oh, okay. You should.

  Cari Cari is a two-piece Austrian band and "White Line Fever" is their debut single. The track displays a surprisingly straight-to-the-point determination for a new act. Though both Stephanie Widmer and Alexander Köck have worked on previous projects, they have obviously found their true comfort zone in this rather raw, uncultivated sound, influenced by blues-rock and mellow post-punk. Based on "White Line Fever" I have all the reasons to look forward to their weirdly titled EP AMERIPPINDUNKLER which is to be released later this year.

posted by Iva
January 2014