Kala Brisella's three Berliners Anja M?ller, Dennis Deter and Jochen Haker sweep together the shards of the work-life balance of their generation and create an outrageously pop post-punk album from them. For 14 days, the band stayed in a deserted Brandenburg village school near the Polish border in self-chosen isolation. In the village solitude between bisons and windmills, Kala Brisella sang about star travel, the dream of a fundamental social change and the feeling of having lost oneself somewhere between life and labour: "We are lost in labour. We are lost in art" But Kala Brisella would not be Kala Brisella if this feeling did not come with a good portion of force and madness. Between concrete criticism of the system and a poetic imagery, the songs sparkle with belligerence, urge and, yes, hope. For what is broken can be rebuilt. "Is this my end? Or a beginning?" are consequently the first words of the album in the stirring opener "Dark Star". While the debut "Endlich Krank" was still primarily angry Schrammelrock in post-punk garb and its successor "GHOST" was a first step towards more diversified arrangements, Kala Brisella celebrate the permeability of genre boundaries on her third album. The band bundles influences as diverse as Krautrock, Indie and Punk and even dares a confident nod towards Disco and Rap. In spite of all stylistic breadth, "Lost In Labour" sounds homogeneous, coherent and unique - Kala Brisella's unmistakable noise-pop sound remains the heart of each song. That it sounds so fresh and punchy was ensured by producer and recording engineer Tadklimp and Olaf O.P.A.L. in the mixing, a team that is especially known for its work with The Notwist, but also with Fenster and International Music, and which complement each other congenially.
