Album lore

Neo Romantic, issued in 2015 by Treibender Teppich Records, gathers ten compositions by Levin Goes Lightly steeped in the atmospheres of neue deutsche welle, cold wave, and post-punk. The album’s textures are shaped in collaboration with Thomas Zehnle, who contributes guitar and synth on “Speedways” and bass on “Spider’s Web,” while also handling the mixing duties. Mastering was completed by Ralf Milberg at Milberg Studios in Stuttgart, lending a measured clarity to the record’s austere yet gripping arrangements.The lyricism throughout is primarily Levin Goes Lightly’s own, with “Perfume” featuring words by Mehtap Avci. The sleeve features Ricarda Roggan’s photograph “Garage 2,” courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, adding a visual weight to the record’s cool and somber mood. Tracks like “She’s Dancing” and “Silence is Violence” resonate with a spectral edge, recalling the lineage of darkwave and funeral post-punk without indulgence. Neo Romantic sits comfortably as a modern artifact within its niche, known to some 7,200 Last.fm listeners and counting.

Album lore

Neo Romantic, issued in 2015 by Treibender Teppich Records, gathers ten compositions by Levin Goes Lightly steeped in the atmospheres of neue deutsche welle, cold wave, and post-punk. The album’s textures are shaped in collaboration with Thomas Zehnle, who contributes guitar and synth on “Speedways” and bass on “Spider’s Web,” while also handling the mixing duties. Mastering was completed by Ralf Milberg at Milberg Studios in Stuttgart, lending a measured clarity to the record’s austere yet gripping arrangements.The lyricism throughout is primarily Levin Goes Lightly’s own, with “Perfume” featuring words by Mehtap Avci. The sleeve features Ricarda Roggan’s photograph “Garage 2,” courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, adding a visual weight to the record’s cool and somber mood. Tracks like “She’s Dancing” and “Silence is Violence” resonate with a spectral edge, recalling the lineage of darkwave and funeral post-punk without indulgence. Neo Romantic sits comfortably as a modern artifact within its niche, known to some 7,200 Last.fm listeners and counting.