Sunshine & Lollipops Empty

Sunshine & Lollipops were formed in 2012 in Berlin, Germany, and already showcased a deliberately idiosyncratic version of extreme music, at best loosely correlating with traditional Norwegian black metal, on their debut EP "Heartful of Sunshine" (2013) and a split CD with Wigrid (2014). With "Empty (Always Look On the Dull Side)", they are now presenting their first full-length album, trying to further distinguish themselves from common scene trends by establishing a unique blend of styles, which, musically, still exhibits a black metal foundation that also incorporates various influences from thrash, rock and punk, while conceptually channeling respective crossover mavericks like Carnivore or Impaled Nazarene as well. The band name accordingly doesn't represent vapid underground parody, as Sunshine & Lollipops rather strive to emancipate themselves from scene-conformist image cultivation through musical achievement, and also lyrically negate superficial preconceptions about being a "joke band". The album contains eight tracks with a total playing time of approximately 42:30min with professional production by Sebastian Braunreuther (MixBerlin).