synth-driven power-poppers from Seattle, Chicago and Vancouver, have just released their latest single on Sweden’s Beluga Records. The vinyl seven-inch single features the band’s newest composition “Diana” and is backed with the song “Licht Aus”, a cover song by the 80’s German new wave band Nichts. The new single follows Autogramm’s tradition of crafting sing-along new wave anthems, but this time with a darker twist. “Diana” subtly fuses the tick-tack rhythms, motorik basslines and melancholic vocals of Speak & Spell era Depeche Mode and Human League, with the scorching guitars and emotional intensity of TSOL or Billy Idol. Bassist C.C. Voltage explains, “The bass line came to me while I was working. I was able to use my break time to grab a cheap synthesizer and track the idea quickly on Garageband. The Silo was able to polish up the ideas in his studio in Chicago and Jiffy used my scratch vocal idea to create the rest of the eerie atmosphere of the song.” The new Autogramm single comes in conjunction with the announcement of their European tour dates this March.

Sat March 16 NL – HAARLEM – SCHLACHTHUIS

 Sun March 17 NL – GRONINGEN – VERA

Mon March 18 BE – BRUXELLES – LE CHAFF 

Tue March 19 FR – PARIS – LA MÉCANIQUE ONDULATOIRE 

Wed March 20 DE – KARLSRUHE – ALTE HACKEREI 

Thu March 21 DE – KASSEL – SANDERSHAUS 

Fri March 22 DE – BOCHUM – WAGENI 

Sat March 23 DE – FRANKFURT – DREIKÖNIGSKELLER 

Sun March 24 DE – BAYREUTH – SCHOKOFABRIK

Mon March 25 DE – LEIPZIG – NBL

Tue March 26 DE – DRESDEN – CHEMIEFABRIK

Wed March 27 DE – BERLIN – SCHOKOLADEN

Thu March 28 DE – HAMBURG – MS HEDI

Fri March 29 NL – ZWOLLE – ONDERGRONDSE

The European tour will also be in support of their latest album Music That Humans Can Play released on vinyl and digital formats world-wide on Stomp Records (and Beluga Records EU). The album has already graced the pages of international press like Exclaim, Under the Radar, Goldmine, Austin Town Hall, Visions (DE), Musik Express (DE), Happy Mag (AU), and Heatwave (UK). With their new album Music That Humans Can Play the band dedicated themselves to bringing in sounds from influences like The Fixx, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, The Boys, The Dickies, Jay Reatard, and Prince. The result is a decisively cohesive album that will fit in easily to the 80s section of your record collection, with songs so well-crafted they probably deserve to be on the soundtrack of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 

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