In times of increasing digital anonymity and alleged germfree perfection, the rock'n'roll trio Nitrogods from Hanover and Stuttgart has opted for the second time in succession for a more arduous but in the long term artistically more satisfying path. Mind you, their songs don't fulfil such criteria as absolute tonal purity, musical integrity and clinical sterility - quite the opposite: their second studio recording Rats And Rumours was consciously recorded in a studio featuring analogue technology, in which phenomena such as having to change reels and regularly clean recording heads are part and parcel of the day-to-day routine: That's first and foremost a question of attitude and of course fun, because we're die-hard vintage fans and really enjoyed every single second we spent recording on a venerable 24-track recorder.
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