Dutch multidisciplinary group 45ACIDBABIES is comprised of Sob-, Robin de Geus, Daniël Brem and Nina Miège, four inherently different creative personalities merging together into a power ranger-like super entity . The band is rapidly gaining international fanfare and acclaim with their combustible, boundary-blurring shows, shrewdly incorporating elements of popculture, synthesizers, garage guitars, and graphic arts. This bold, all-embracing approach is extended by often bizarre stage visuals, fashion and props.
Whether it’s on stage or holed up in their (self-coined) Paisley Kaas studio space (frontperson Sob happens to be a rabid Prince-fan), 45ACIDBABIES scramble moods and stylistics into their own breakneck inner logic, bending and contorting the pop’s rulebook within the sheer lawlessness of cartoon physics.
The sheer vibrancy, chaos, neurosis and high-octane energy of their music and live performances go far beyond just surface level pizzazz, superimposing understatedly human reactions to the shitshow this world can often be. For every tear that’s shed, some silly cat video serves as a medicinal dopamine fix. And if it’s up to 45ACIDBABIES, the best way to be vindictive is to allow creativity to spill over to preposterously joyous levels. No wonder their avatars on stage and in their artwork happen to be made out of deconstructed baby dolls, plastic talismans that reflect something innocent and congruently, something a little more sinister.
The birth of the debut album, Amber19, opened the door to a much broader path for babies.
Amber19 ultimately ended up becoming a joyride that hits on all cylinders. The songs are anchored by vocalist, visual artist & guitarist Sob de Geus’s coming of age trials and tribulations. 45ACIDBABIIES recorded the album with engineer Pieter Vonk and Sam Verbeek, utilizing tape recorders, borrowed equipment and, of course, your requisite assembly of a hundred severed doll heads. To paraphrase Francis Ford Coppola: they had access to too much, too many… and little by little they went insane.
A few years went by and babies became adults. Teamed up with a brand new sound and their upcoming second album, Paint The World Pink, on the shelf, they are ready to invite you in the new pink world they’ve created.
With Paint The World Pink, 45ACIDBABIES dares you to start colouring outside the lines, let go of what others might think of you and become your own superhero.
Themes such as toxic positivity, queerness, neurodiversity, transgressive behavior, rebelling against the status quo, the battle against war, self love and togetherness are a part of this album.
