Limited 7"
Record Store Day Package

Cover made from folded, three-colour A1 poster, with numbered stickers, hand-packed in 12" sleeves.

The Viennese band FREUD, commonly known for their slightly British-influenced sound, are not amused. The reason for their displeasure confronts us all daily from the depths of social media and the pages of tabloids, propagating itself in the minds of small-minded individuals.

It’s about what Vienna has always been about: exclusion, snitching, prejudice. In the post-factual age, these golden Viennese characteristics are currently experiencing an unprecedented boom. FREUD ask: Where are the musical positions on what is currently happening? Why is it so disturbingly quiet? And they break the silence with a socially critical song that has lost none of its relevance in 40 years: Wolfgang Ambros’ ‘Da Hofer’ is a brilliant, biting social study. A painful operation on the open – not always so golden – Viennese heart.

In FREUD’s current cover version, this is reinforced by the chorus of their fellow musicians, who give an oppressively realistic portrayal of the crowd ‘in front of the courtyard door’. FREUD sing in German for the first time and, in keeping with their famous namesake, put the whole of Vienna on the couch with this release.