Invincible (VINYL) / The Creeping Candies
140g re-vinyl in various colors with inlay & high-quality outer sleeve. Limited edition hand-numbered.
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40 years after their debut, The Creeping Candies are still here. 40 years that are linked to a story as good as it is adventurous, at the heart of which, to this day, is the pure joy of making music. The Augsburg band, once championed by Nikki Sudden and matured into a legend in his shadow, celebrate themselves and their contradictions: sometimes melancholic, sometimes sharp-tongued, sometimes completely over-the-top. Full of energy, The Creeping Candies are still as laid-back as they are great, and inspired by 60s garage rock, which they have now somewhat countrified. And that's not just about pure joy, but about attitude. Singer Hölle delivers with his voice exactly the kind of sharpness that sticks. This makes Lou Reed and Iggy Pop comparisons almost inevitable - and the impetuous energy of the Stooges shines through. The Stones also peek around the corner - subtly, but unmistakably.
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"Music that doesn't glitter, but glows roughly, like a cigarette butt on the curb at four in the morning" (Neue Szene Augsburg July 2025)
40 years after their formation, The Creeping Candies still seem as if they have just exchanged the rehearsal room for the studio – and that is precisely their appeal." (OX Fanzine No. 182)
"All these accolades. Either you're content with them - or you go into the recording studio and record a new sound carrier." (Augsburger Allgemeine, August 16, 2025)
"Invincible, the new work for the anniversary, is exactly that: pure rock'n'roll with a lot of dusty blues and a good shot of country in its DNA. Dark elegance, raw understatement. (Neue Szene, July 2025)
"Invincible (sounds) fresh like a promising debut (... and) free of blunted nostalgia or 'we've-been-through-it-all-you-pussies' attitude." (Franz Dobler, August 2025).
"Having become somewhat age-wise, they still don't try to ingratiate themselves today, continuing their own path, which doesn't lead over smooth asphalt roads, but over dusty dirt roads." (Good Times No.5/2025)