Batbait / Elio Ricca

1 evening, 2 concerts!

Batbait set the tone. With "Dirty Clothes" the young Zurich band offers ten punk-rock snapshots of the most diverse feelings and moods. Experiences that stick to clothes like smells, like they are lying in a pile at everyone's home and that take us back to memories. On their debut album Batbait give as much space to brooding and melancholy as ecstasy and idealistic love.

Elio Ricca have a penchant for explosive guitar riffs, infectious drums and trippy, melancholic synth melodies. They love to surprise the audience and especially themselves. Live, the two-piece creates walls of sound that one is usually used to from five-piece bands. Whether on big festival stages or in dark, smoky basements, the duo seduces with distinctive riffs, danceable rhythms and characterful, soulful vocals. Sometimes brute and loud, but never hateful. Now and then emotional and heartfelt, but never cheesy. Elio Ricca hint at one direction, then suddenly turn around and take a different path, thus fulfilling even expectations that were never stirred up in the first place.