Blumfeld

For the better part of two decades, Blumfeld were widely considered to be Germany's prime indie rock band, with a sound that took its cues from groups like the Pixies and Pavement. Blumfeld differed from groups like Pavement and such fellow Teutonic indie poppers as the Bartlebees: their lyrics were political in scope and almost exclusively performed in German, although singer Jochen Distelmeyer occasionally used English phrases. Blumfeld were also considered a key group of the "Hamburger Schule," a musical movement that combined lo-fi, punk, and pop elements with primarily Ge...