The Young Gods return with new CD & special acoustic performance
The Young Gods have returned with a new cd, “Super Ready/Fragmenté” and recently did a special acoustic show at the Swiss Institute in New York. Since sampling and sound manipulation are such a big part of the Young Gods style, the idea of them performing on acoustic instruments may seem surprising. But it really does come across well. Prior to the performance, I interviewed frontman Franz Treichler and he had this to say about playing without electronics.
“We started doing these last November, for very special occasions,” he says. “Like when a book came out about the Young Gods, for the release of that we did an acoustic show for the very first time. It turned out really well, so we thought we’d keep on doing a few of those shows. We did only Switzerland, not that many shows, maybe 20 or so. Once in a while, people ask us to do something different than the in-your-face wall of electric guitars and samples. It’s something that we discovered we appreciate while doing it, so that’s also why we’re going to carry on doing it when possible. We’re probably going to do a recording on this, either live or in the studio. It made us aware that some of the Young Gods music can be interpreted very differently, and it works.. It’s great. And as a singer, it’s great because it leaves me more room.”