Silly Songs Vol.1 (Split EP)

2026 |
Anzahl Songs: 4 |
Spass in Minuten: 13

Silly Songs – Vol. 1“ ist eine Split-EP von Fire Cult und Hendricks the Hatmaker, die aus Freundschaft, gemeinsamen Tourneen und der einfachen Idee entstanden ist, gemeinsam Musik zu machen.

Nachdem sie 2023 gemeinsam auf der Bühne gestanden und eine kleine Tour durch Spanien absolviert hatten, trafen sich beide Bands erneut in Thibaults Studio in Yverdon-les-Bains. Anstatt fertige Songs mitzubringen, war die Idee, ganz von vorne anzufangen: alles gemeinsam zu schreiben, zu arrangieren und aufzunehmen, wobei Bandmitglieder, Instrumente und Ideen immer wieder neu gemischt wurden.

An drei Wochenenden und an sechs Studientagen entstanden so vier Songs. Manche begannen mit einer Idee, die jemand mitbrachte, andere entstanden quasi direkt im Raum. Sie wurden von allen Beteiligten geschrieben, verändert, aufgenommen und gelegentlich hinterfragt.

Dahinter steckte kein großes Konzept. Nur sieben Freunde, zwei Bands und sechs Tage im Studio, an denen gemeinsam vier leicht alberne Punk-Songs entstanden.

Das ist „Silly Songs – Vol. 1

1. Wake-Up Call

2. Play Date

3. The Wonders of Travelling

4. Six-Day Vegan

Fire Cult is Onneca Guelbenzu, Jérémie Magnin, Thibault Besuchet and sometimes Arnaud Girousse.
Hendricks the Hatmaker is Ramona Dal Ponte, Nicolas Sigrist and Stefan Stangl.

All songs written and performed by Fire Cult and Hendricks the Hatmaker.
Recorded and mixed by Thibault Besuchet, Yverdon-les-Bains.
Mastering by Kevin Galland at Studio Mécanique, La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Cow photos by Domi Magnusson, band photos by Nicolas Sigrist & GANGO LUEGE.
Artwork and layout by Flo Impure.
This is a Cassettine Tapes & Lumberjack release.

Special thanks to Stadt Luzern & FUKA-Fonds, LuzernPlus, Migros-Kulturprozent

Wake-Up Call

One day you wake up and realise you’ve become a wake-up call yourself. That’s basically it.

Play Date

Play Date” is about surviving a painfully boring day at the office when all you really want to do is make music and play with your friends. Basically, being an adult while secretly waiting for playtime.

The Wonders of Travelling

The Wonders of Traveling” is our slightly exaggerated take on the glamorous life of a touring band: seeing the world, drinking cava, eating tapas, forgetting the merch and asking the really important questions: Where do we eat? When is the get-in?

We are always on the road.

Or are we?

Six-Day Vegan

Six-Day Vegan” is basically where this whole EP started. While touring together in Spain, Nicolas mentioned that he eats mostly vegan – except on Sunday evenings, when he visits his parents.
Somehow, “six-day vegan” quickly turned into “six-day vegan, Sunday cannibal”. A perfectly reasonable conclusion.
What started as a stupid joke on tour eventually became a song about a friendly vegan who cooks excellent vegetables six days a week… and might cook you on the seventh.