Ambulanz III 12″
Following their 2023 II mini-album, Leipzig’s AMBULANZ is at it again with their fast and fun garage-flavored krautrock. Also a mini-album, this 12” offers five songs that make you want to move and jitter around, mirroring the spiky synth and guitar lines, the spasmodic drums, and dueling vocals. The first four songs stay within a pretty standard realm of two-to-three-minute run times, while the closer is their first experimentation with long format, as “Slime” clocks in at over ten minutes. There’s a bit of silence in the middle of the track, and I thought the whole thing was over, only to hear an instrumental beaming into my ears—kind of spacey and psychedelic. I think I lost the momentum of the previous tracks on this long closer, but maybe that’s the point? Listening back to a bit of their 2023 album, it seems like they’ve really captured a spirit and style that is continued here, even down to the watercolor album art. If you’re a fan of contemporary Leipzigers LAXISME, you’ll definitely enjoy this.
