Happiness is a vastly overrated four letter word …
Danish Dynamite, that’s what to expect from this new old band. From the point of view of the music-world and fans, the four protagonists are old acquaintances, because they all have decades of stage experience. They are fine people who have gathered again, no loudmouths, still they clearly know what they want and where their music is headed. Like old red wine or whiskey that gets better and better taste-wise over the years.
During the 80s, vocalist Kent Nielsen and guitarist Lars M. Thomsen played together in the Punk Rock band LEBEN UND LEBEN LASSEN (L.U.L.L. for short), which toured Europe several times and became quite well known. Drummer Francis Nørgaard Jensen, used to play funk metal with KINKY BOOT BEAST, while bassist Jonny Paw played hard metal thrash for SLICED PIMPLES at the end of the 80s. So all four gained extensive live experience.
12 year ago the FREAKLINERS already came together, but apparently it wasn’t the right time back then, because their first existence only lasted for one concert. Now they ride again, musically became much more thrilling and mature.
“Burning Desks” is the album that Lars and I have wanted to write for at least two decades. We couldn’t have done it without the immense musical talent and creative contribution of Jonny Paw and Francis. Last but not least, a huge thank you goes to Adam Schwarz, who acted both as studio engineer and – together with Lars – as co-producer.” (Kent Nielsen) Mid-tempo Punk Rock tunes bursting with hook lines, melody and songwriting chops. THAT is what you can expect from the newest old band from Denmark. For scenesters and music fans, the four-piece are old acquaintances, all with decades of stage experience. Musicians who have now come together again, letting their craftsmanship do the talking. They know what they want and where their music is headed. During the 80s, vocalist Kent Nielsen and guitarist Lars M. Thomsen played together in the Hardcore band LEBEN UND LEBEN LASSEN (often shortened to L.U.L.L.), who toured Europe several times, especially building a name for themselves in their native Denmark and neighboring Germany. Drummer Francis Nørgaard Jensen played funk metal with KINKY BOOT BEAST, while bassist Jonny Paw held down the fort in the Danish Thrash Metal outfit SLICED PIMPLES. In 2011 FREAKLINERS came together for the first time as a band, but for some reason the timing wasn’t right, and the first phase only lasted for one show. In 2022 they started writing and playing live again, musically evolved, even more thrilling and mature. The result, their debut album ‘Burning Desks’, recorded in Copenhagen during the last couple of years. Besides the new material, the current set list consists of a handful of L.U.L.L. songs from all eras of the band, plus a couple of well-chosen covers. For the four members, the focus is clearly based on writing new music, but as long as it’s fun playing the old tunes, they’re happy to do so. “Kent and I just wanted to write a few more songs together, not least because Morten KDF (close friend and L.U.L.L. co-producer) – who had been a natural focal point in our relationship – passed away in 2023. So, to enable us to create the music that came naturally to us given our musical upbringing, and because I – or rather, we – had a gut feeling that it would be in his spirit, we put our heads together and wrote the first four songs. They were a bit all over the place, because that’s how it was meant to be, but with time and some additional tracks, we managed to give what became the album a good direction. It was easy and off the cuff in pretty much every stage of the process. However, there’s a bit of a hidden studio lizard in me, so apart from sleeping a lot, I don’t work particularly fast. So next time we might start with a producer from outside, which is why you should buy plenty of this record – including for your less musically gifted family members – so we can carry on making records that Mum, Dad and your kids would never dream of making!” (Lars M. Thomsen)
FREAKLINERS – LIVE!
31.10.2026 Flensburg – Volksbad