Jolly Goods

Creaky guitars, levelling drums and vocals drifting between clear certainty and shrill moments – What singer Tanja Pippi and her sister Angy create on their records and during their live performances as Jolly Goods, can doubtlessly be located far off the beaten indiepop-track and blurs the traces to their former home in the sleepy “Rimbach im Odenwald”. However, this just to be mentioned as a minor detail aside as the move from the small village to the anonymity of the big city Berlin was just a matter of time. After destroying the surrounding live venues with wild rock songs celebrating the Riot Grrrl spirit of the early 90ies, shows all over Germany followed. The two got signed to Louisville Records, released their debut “her.barium” which was mixed by Moses Schneider and Tobias Levin, in 2007 and played shows all over Europe. Their sophomore album “Walrus”, released on the Berlin label Staatsakt, shines even more then its angry predecessor being more eclectic and melodic. It combines rough guitar sounds with in melancholy soaked melodies created with piano, organ and strings. Produced by Tocotronic’s Dirk von Lowtzow and Hans Unstern, it presents 45 minutes of intense Noise- and Folk overtures which already received a lot of praise from the media.

"The Jolly Goods play the guitar like Kurt Cobain and sigh like PJ Harvey"
Spex, September/October 2011

"The prickly caterpillar developed to a beautiful butterfly"
Musikexpress, October 2011

"Noise and hysteria, songs and poetry, Scout Niblett and Sleater-Kinney"
Rolling Stone, October 2011

"Singer Tanja Pippi is a big friend of the queaked word, without seeming coquettish, and at the guitar she just refuses herself enough to make everything just right."
Visions, October 2011

Links

http://www.jollygoods.net

http://www.myspace.com/jollygoods