Excerpt [translated from the German]: “Music for films that have yet to be filmed… With keyboards, samples and guitar, Sankt Otten have created impressive new sonic territory. Between elegiac electro-pop, playful and cuddly electric-jazz and ambient slumber songs, this album inhabits the post-rock universe but with classic song structures… You will not be rocked – more relaxed couch surfing with closed eyes.”
Shallgrenzen
Excerpt: “The wide-ranging album features everything from beatless reveries (e.g., the blinding supernova “Das bezahlte Lob”) to motorik workouts, with the duo demonstrating a deft command of their material throughout the recording’s forty-nine minutes. Following a heavenly overture of synthetic string-drenched scene-painting and simmering guitar strokes (“Ein Himmel voller Galgen”), “Mutter, Jazz und der Heilige Geist” digs into a slow-motion krautrock vibe, with martial snares calling forth the troops while a gurgling bass line pulsates, electric guitars blaze, and vibraphones chime… A solid follow-up to the group’s Hidden Shoal debut Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben (Let’s Remain Friends), Morgen Wieder Lustig (Morning Again Amusingly?) bridges decades in its sleek blend of Klaus Schulze-styled synth textures and prog-epic guitar lines. Perhaps the thing that stands out most is how assured the recording is, and the clarity of vision the duo brings to the album’s material.”
Excerpt: "As is permitted in these times, not every band gets a huge contract, and we want to take this opportunity once again to sing the praises of netlabels who offer us things worth listening to. Sankt Otten’s Australian label Hidden Shoal Recordings is one of these labels. In Morgan Weider Lustig, Sankt Otten demonstrate an above average feel for the right combination of brute force and elegance."
Excerpt: “With “Morgan Weider Lustig,” Sankt Otten are on their fourth album. Stephan Otten, namesake and head of Sankt Otten, creates an impressive combination of rhythm and the celestial sounds of sublime soundscapes. Even more than in previous releases, it dissolves from classic song structures. With Stephan Otten and Oliver Klemm (guitar), the listener explores dark and bizarre soundscapes that range from delicate lightness to epic grandeur… Sankt Otten take us into their almost cinematic-sounding songs in a variety of scenarios that reveal they are not always the same at first glance. With this album we dive more deeply into the world of Sankt Otten, and lose ourselves in it …!”
