Consisting of brothers Richard and Karlo, Bromsen are a German indietronic act who have been performing together since the early 2000s.

By Graeme Smith

We’ve featured this music before, in Jane’s Monthly Favourites round up in April last year. She was so taken with their sound, she even interviewed them.

Previously the pair performed as part of The Pampelmuse until the band disbanded in 2006. Bromsen marks their triumphant return and the singles released so far are getting them noticed. I feel as if their new album is going to seal the deal.

Brothers In Mind brings together those singles with never before heard tracks. It kicks off with One by One and we are immediately captured by its pulsating electronic rock intro. Passionate vocals leave it all out there in an expansive verse before things hit an emotional groove in the first chorus. There is an undercurrent of Americana below its Krautrock sensibilities. It’s a strong start.

Merrymen ups the tempo with a cantering electro arrangement before We! brings an element of darkness and atmosphere. Always On The Right Side rounds off the album’s early listening with a moody post-punk moment rich with image-laden lyrics.

Someone is a bright highlight, brimming with some alternative euro-pop elements alongside its rumbling electro-prog-blues-rock. As is Catch, a team up with German synthpop band PIXEL METH, which broods in the verse before becoming light and cinematic in the chorus. The Photograph brings a move-inducing beat before More Time closes the album with a soulful and lingering farewell.

Bromsen’s new album takes genre-blending to the next level, giving the listener a defiantly unique sound that is easy to love. It’s great that the brothers chose not to hang up their musical boots, else we may never have heard their music.

Brothers In Mind is out now and you can check it out below.