photography by Angelika Una Kubinski

Berlin based band Pair drops their new single “Freak Talk” out of their upcoming debut album “The Love Equivalent” which will be out June 17th.

The band – composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Pete Fosca Jr., bassist Elias Weber, keyboarder Samuel Gestrich and drummer Max Jännerwein – have always tried to break boundaries with their genre-defying rock electro style. And also their new release “Freak Talk” is embellished with alternative synths, minimal layers of harmonies, and rocking vocals, a delightful balance between playful and heavy tones.

The basic idea behind the song was much older and had already been in the Berlin band’s demo archive for a while. And it was about time that this piece saw the light of day. “The melody came at a jam with my loop station, an old organ and a Dr. Rhythm. I mixed typical pop grooves with alternative sounds and experimented a bit. But the song disappeared in the drawer at some point.” says singer Pete Fosca Jr. “Then when we started working on our debut album a few years later and I happened to find the recording again.”

“I wanted a pop-type theme with a schizophrenic twist. The jam at the time was just perfect for that! Then in a second session, the lyrics came quickly. You freak me out when you do or you don’t call / you freak me out when you’re in or out of my head. The Love Equivalent emerged from the confrontation of self and self-image. Something that is also strongly reflected in Freak Talk. In this, each track is like a new facet that slowly emerges to the surface through this confrontation until it is sure of its own freedom.”

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