Exclusive video premiere of ‘Tseudo’, taken from the upcoming self-titled debut album by noise rock band Zahn.

Zahn are a new instrumental (noise) rock group consisting of Nic Stockmann (Heads., ex-Eisenvater), Chris Breuer (Heads., ex-The Ocean) and Felix Gebhard (live-Einstürzende Neubauten).

A relentless exercise in rhythm and texture. Whether you love the hard riffs of Metz or The Jesus Lizard the big melodies of Torche and Red Fang or the swaggering sounds of The Desert Sessions Zahn packs a punch for you. Zahn is noise rock merging with sludge and post-punk in a spectacular threesome with avant-garde sensibilities presenting riffs and grooves in abstract patterns and rhythmic cycles. Along with the core trio the album features contributions from percussionist Peter Voightmann (ex-Heads., The Ocean) guitarist Fabian Bremer (AUA, Radare) guitarist/composer Wolfgang Möstl (Mile Me Deaf) saxophonist Sofia Salvo and Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke.

‘Tseudo’ deconstructs the post-punk sound of early U2 giving it a more balls to the wall-attitude by ways of a big ass bass groove while casting the Dublin boys’ pure teenage angst in Lynchian synth textures provided by Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke.

‘Tseudo’ is pseudo spelled wrong. A piece of music pretending to be something it is not. Or is it? The video does not provide one with further clues. The protagonists on a cab ride to where? The guitar playing on this song has been said to be influenced by that of The Edge circa 1987.

Zahn’s debut album releases August 20, 2021 via Crazysane Records | Pre-order

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Headline photo by Chris Bethge