After nearly four decades together, German experimental icons The Notwist have just released their most mature album to date. This isn’t a sneaky way of implying they’re starting, nor a suggestion that they hadn’t already reached full artistic maturity long ago, only recognition that, in a vast catalog spanning growling grunge to synth-splashed pop, News from Planet Zombie contains the most reflective material they’ve ever recorded. Their original sound, developed in the early ’90s, represented the Teutonic equivalent of Seattle grunge. With brothers Markus and Micha Acher still at the helm, News from Planet Zombie is a far cry from those days, but this is no random mutation, merely the natural end result of an evolution that’s unfolded organically,…

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