Every edition of Zeitgeist, we invite one act back for a well-deserved encore. This year, that honour goes to Lambrini Girls. After tearing the roof off the purple stage in 2023, they return foul-mouthed and gay as ever.

Known for empowering the marginalized through their raw, lightning-fast post-punk, Lambrini Girls turn every set into a sweaty, barking spectacle. Terrifying drums, Lilly’s thunderous basslines and Phoebe’s razor-sharp vocals and guitar work are the driving force behind their legendary live shows. Chaotic, confrontational, and gloriously unfiltered. These are the kinds of gigs where the line between crowd and band disappears in a whirlwind of limbs, scream-laughing, and pure release.

Their return to Zeitgeist promises another round of cathartic, mosh-pit-inducing punk that’s as thought-provoking as it is exhilarating.

Many will know DEADLETTER for already tearing down multiple stages around their towns with their all swinging, all dancing mania.

Hailed as one of the latest post-punk sensations of today with, at the time, only just a few singles out. Their debut album, Hysterial Strength was a smash hit and promises and bright future for the South London rooted 6-piece.

Songs about the dark side of living, political satire with hints to (pop) culture, philosophy and film. DEADLETTER is organised chaos, wielding tambourine, terrifying guitarriffs, threatening bass, and saxophone.

In 1942, the U.S. Pentecostal Church built a robot preacher to replace pastors at war. After a software update installed the Litronix program, it began pushing pharmaceuticals mid-sermon. Post-war, it was shut down and buried in the Nevada desert.
Decades later, unearthed during hotel construction, Litronix reawakened… Still fully functional. It walked to L.A., fused its spiritual code with 4500 hypnosis files, rejected all government offers, and began recording music.

Zeitgeist is next on its missionary list.

Alan Duggan Borges is known for his guitar work in the legendary Irish noise/post-punk outfit Gilla Band. The Null Club is the solo/collaborative project of Alan and features many talented musicians, like ELUCID (Armand Hammer), Faris Badwan (The Horrors) & Valentine Caufield (Mandy, Indiana).

The release of the self-titled EP at the beginning of April promises us an intense post-something blend of techno, noise, rock and ambient. The EP was mixed by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox and mastered by Jamie Hyland (M(h)aol). All instrumentals were performed by and recorded by Duggan Borges, in his home and a rehearsal studio in Dublin.

Pain Magazine is the feral collision between post-hardcore veterans Birds in Row and industrial techno duo Maelstrom & Louisahhh. Born from a ‘let’s see what happens’ studio session in the dead of winter, evolved from a single track into an entire album written over the course of just sixteen days.

The first song produced has thus become the first single, and the title track of the album ‘Violent God’ that will be released later this year. Perhaps this first tune is in which separate parties’ influences are most evident, Violent God combines the heavy, raucous instrumentals of Birds in Row with the focused, machine-driven sensibilities for which Maelstrom is known and Louisahhh’s unhinged roaring.

Lyrically straddling the line between worship and blame, victim and villain. This is noise with purpose. More intensity, more fury.