Die Kerzen
Die Kerzen (English: "The Candles") is a German dream pop band.
The band, hailing from Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was inspired by dream pop, New Romantic and Neue Deutsche Welle.[1][2][3][4]
Their debut album True Love was released in 2019 by the Staatsakt label. It received reviews such as 3.5 out of 6 from Musikexpress, 7.5 out of 10 from Der Spiegel and 8 out of 10 from Plattentests.de.[5][6][7][8][9]
Pferde & Flammen followed on the same label in 2022.[10][11]
Personnel
- Felix Keiler – vocals, guitar
- Jelena von Eisenhart Rothe – vocals, keyboards
- Fabian Rose – bass
- Lucas Wojatschke – drums
References
- ^ Buchmann, Anja (22 June 2019). "Debüt der Band „Die Kerzen": „Man kann Wehmut auch genießen"" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Oppelt, Hannah-Maria (27 June 2019). "Dream-Pop trifft Hollywood: Die Kerzen liefern mit „Al Pacino" den nächsten Vorboten ihres Debüt-Albums". Diffus (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Gerhardt, Daniel (14 July 2019). "Die Kerzen: Pop und Pomp aus Meckpomm". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Fendt, Miriam (8 October 2019). "80er-Revival im deutschen Indie-Pop: Warum deutsche Acts die Achtziger zurück bringen" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Boße, André (27 June 2019). "Die Kerzen True Love". Musikexpress (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Borcholte, Andreas (2 July 2019). "Tagträume im Tresen-Mief: Die Kerzen - "True Love"". Der Spiegel (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Bremmer, Pascal (5 July 2019). "Die Kerzen - True love". Plattentests.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Schrader, Carsten (28 June 2019). "Die Kerzen: True Love". Kulturnews (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Hammer, Christof (27 July 2019). "Die Kerzen True Love – das Album der Woche" (in German). Lowbeats.de. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Hoff, Ralf (27 May 2022). "Es glitzert, es glänzt". Plattentests.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Wagner, Micha (2 June 2022). "„Pferde & Flammen": Die Kerzen bringen ihren 80er-Synth-Pop auf die Bühne". Diffus (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2025.