In 2004, four teens from Munich who had known each other since elementary school began making music together. They performed at school events, in small clubs and in very small clubs ... until an enthusiastic review in one of Munich’s alternative papers caught the eye of Marc Liebscher. Marc Liebscher is one of the top movers and shakers of Munich’s indie pop scene and longtime manager of “Sportfreunde Stiller” (whose Soccer World Cup anthem you’re probably still humming). Marc fell in love with the sound and signed the band to a contract.

Their first album “Das Herz ist ein Sammler” (The heart is a collector) was released in 2007. Fertig, Los! play very danceable pop songs. They sing about love, separation and friendship or as Philipp, the band’s singer, puts it: “I write about things that have happened to me in the 24 years that I’ve been around. And that apparently was more than enough to write 12 songs.”

Keep an eye out for Fertig, Los! Raphael Dwinger (guitar, keyboards), Philipp Leu (vocals, guitar), Julia Viechtl (bass) and Florian Wille (drums) have enormous potential, are super likable and are bound to be Germany’s next top music export.

Fertig, Los! - official website