Southend On Sea

What does a singer-songwriter with German lyrics do when he realises one day that he no longer likes German-language songs? Ilja Schierbaum, who has been writing lyrics in his mother tongue since 1995 and has been honoured with the John Lennon Talent Award and the Rio Reiser Song Prize as frontman of his band "Schrottfisch", found himself in this unfortunate situation. After a break of a few years, he wanted to make music again, but another song, just like always... wasn't going to happen. So Ilja set himself a simple rule: everything had to be different. And everything should be created with a feeling of new beginnings and a positive mood. You can hear how this worked out on the English-language EP under the new name Southend On Sea.