Content Creatures [Vinyl]

Helmut - Content Creatures [Vinyl]

How do losers dance? According to Helmut, almost weightlessly, with soft feet, warm gestures, sometimes alone, sometimes together. Content Creatures, Helmut's fourth album, evokes the pop archetype of the ''beautiful loser,'' who had almost disappeared from view in so-called late capitalism. In a present in which even suffering is often similarly instrumentalized and tailored to clicks like a competitive sport, this album sets a counterpoint: those who listen to it suddenly want to be enchanting losers again, useless and joyfully messing up, losing something beloved, having their hearts broken, giving up a dream, sinking into beauty. You don't sink alone. Comforting harmonies envelop you, the voices of friends appear, accompany you for a while and then disappear again. Warm grooves, floating synths and delicate guitar lines characterize an indie sound that remains open and breathes. Self-produced for the first time in his home studio in Neukolln, Content Creatures sounds thoughtful and light at the same time. The album is presented on Berlin-based label St.Vladimir. There are four songs on one side and four songs on the other. The cover is adorned with an exceptionally pretty guinea pig. Helmut shows the special in the seemingly ordinary: a child's pet, the most ordinary of all, is his cover star and headstrong protagonist.
01. The Inside of Our Mind (3:17)
02. I Got Me a Microwave (3:53)
03. Unordinary (4:06)
04. Je t'adore l'ennui (3:28)
05. Done with the Lies (3:55)
06. They Never Told Anyone (3:14)
07. Vallabye (3:58)
08. God in the Middle (3:52)