Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 4 |
Jun / 2020 | • | hdpk Stage at Fête de la Musique 2019 | Train Cocktail Bar / Berlin | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | Beatles vs. Stones II Live Band Battle | Columbia Theater / Berlin | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | Strand Child Live | Bar BoBu / Berlin | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Berlin Sessions | Klunkerkranich, Berlin, DE | |||
Aug / 2019 | • | Munich Sessions Summer Fest | | Munich | |||
Aug / 2019 | • | InsectLounge OpenAir 2019 | InsectLounge OpenAir 2019 | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Breminale | Bremen Eins Zelt // | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Strand child Live | Hafenschänke subrosa / Dortmund | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | Summer Say | cassiopeia / Berlin | |||
May / 2019 | • | Roar @ Hangar 49 | Hangar 49/ Berlin | |||
May / 2019 | • | prototyp Gießen | ||||
May / 2019 | • | Anemone (Dream Pop, CA), Strand Child | Hafen 2 / Offenbach am Main | |||
May / 2019 | • | The Zwickl Sessions | Drossel & zehner / Munich | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | HYMMJ - Record Release Show | Badehaus Berlin Berlin | |||
Dec / 2018 | • | Indie Christmas at Marie-Antoinette | Marie-Antoinette Berlin | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Strand Child - Alternative/Dream-Pop aus vier Ländern | Gastfeld / Bremen | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Feurigfest 2018 | Feurigfest 2018 / Berlin | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Urban Harbor (Secret concerts) | Oberhafenkantine Berlin | |||
Jun / 2018 | • | Schokoladen | ||||
May / 2018 | • | support for Anna Burch | Monarch/ Berlin | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | With The Away Days | Auster Club | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | support for Twin Peaks | Hafenklang/Hamburg, Germany | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | support for Twin Peaks | Urban Spree/Berlin,Germany | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | support for Twin Peaks | Blue Shell/ Cologne, Germany | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Several Bands | Müssen Aale mit/Hamburg, Germany | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Ausser Haus Festival | Ausser Haus Festival/Dresden, Germany | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | with His Clancyness | Rumours München/Munich, Germany | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | with His Clancyness | Kulturclub Schon Schön/Mainz, Germany | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | with His Clancyness | Theater an der Angel/Magdeburg, Germany | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Show with His Clancyness | Kulturpalast Linden / Hannover | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Etepetete Indie Music Festival | FZW / Dortmund | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | With His Clancyness | Tanzcafe Ilses Erika/Leipzig, Germany | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | Berlin Sessions X | Klunkerkranich / Berlin | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Schokoladen / Berlin | ||||
Feb / 2017 | • | Alte Kupferschmiede / Gießen | ||||
Dec / 2016 | • | EP Release Show | Schokoladen / Berlin | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Support for Nap Eyes | Monarch / Berlin | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Support for Magic Potion | Bassy Club / Berlin | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Fever Creek Festival | Zukunft am Ostkreuz Berlin, Berlin, DE | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Rock für den Wald | Fürstenwalde | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Tape Worm Cassette BBQ | Monarch / Berlin | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Cranky Fest VI | Marie-Antoinette/ Berlin | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Antje Oeklesund | ||||
Nov / 2015 | • | ACUD MACHT NEU | ||||
Oct / 2015 | • | Urban Spree | ||||
Aug / 2015 | • | Jenseits von Millionen | Burg Friedland | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Junction Bar | ||||
Jul / 2015 | • | Donau115 | ||||
Jun / 2015 | • | Antje Oeklesund |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Strand Child | |||
Momentum | Single | 2020 | |
Fake It | Single | 2020 | |
Ola | Single | 2020 | |
Misterio | Single | 2017 | |
Souljelly | Single | 2016 |
Späti Palace | |||
Misterio Single | Single | 2017 | |
Strand Child / Celsius Panda | Single | 2016 | |
Split EP Celsius Panda / Strand Child | EP | 2016 |
TRIXX Musikproduktion | |||
Vampires | Single | 2021 | |
Bad Hand | Single | 2020 |
S/R | |||
Souljelly | EP | 2016 |
A darker undercurrent in the music hints at the clear anguish of second wave emo bands like Texas Is The Reason. They strike a balance between both inspirations with their brand new EP “Ola”. A pun on the Spanish greeting for “Hi!” and the Spanish word for “Wave”, the four songs guide the listener through a musical tunnel of depression and towards the process of healing.
It’s the kind of music you can imagine playing on a spring break beach day when your high school sweetheart has just broken up with you, but the sound of the waves reassure you: everything will be alright, with time.
The combination of sunny beach days and snowy winters is something that Strand Child knows all too well: Mario Quezada and Hilding Karlsson both come from distinct backgrounds. Mario from the sunny island of Dominican Republic and Hilding from the cold yet cozy suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden.
Added to the mix are the driving drums of Christoph Thun who grew up in Warsaw, Poland and the punchy bass of Eva Sterk, a German native who has called Berlin home for years.
“My regrets pile up like laundry” sings Quezada on first single “Momentum”, while being carried by an ocean of blissed-out guitars conjured up by Hilding and a pulsing rhythm section provided by Eva and Christoph. The song then culminates with the line “think I finally made it home” with the journey now complete, lessons learned and hopeful tone in place.
With a clear plan to create catchy hooks and chill vibes, the four-piece recorded “Ola” in their practice room, housed in a gritty building in the former East-Berlin suburb Marzahn.
Like the day your best friend gets eaten by a shark, like a desert island with a single palm tree, or crying while eating an ice cream cone on the boardwalk, “Ola” is both sunny and sad.