The band worked with Tim Simenon aka Bomb The Bass resulting in the release of the Clear Cut-EP on Morr Music. Lali Puna did some remix work with Two Lone Swordsmen and Lowfish as well. Being the great live act they are, Lali Puna played in places as distant as Bratislava, San Francisco, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Barcelona’s Sonar festival. Most of 2001 was spent working on their second album, which finally appeared as Scary World Theory in September of that same year. Artistically as well as commercially, this album was even more successful than its predecessor. They also released a remix-7-inch for Morr Music’s „a number of small things“-label and they have been touring Germany and Europe extensively at the end of 2001. In the fall of 2002 Lali Puna went on their first US-tour and shared a van with Morr Music label mates and friends Styrofoam and Opiate.
A few months later Florian Zimmer left Lali Puna in order to focus on his main project Iso68. The new keyboarder is named Christian Heiß. In the summer of 2003, Lali Puna released their Left Handed-EP on Morr Music, which displayed a significant musical progression as Lali Puna started using electric, distorted guitars which could not be heard on earlier releases. This helped shaping a yet more diverse and dynamic sound without neglecting Lali Puna’s past regarding their fragile and beautiful electronic compositions. All the way through 2003 Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher have been busy writing new material for their third full-length album, which was recorded at the Uphon Studios and eventually has been mastered at famous Abbey Road Studios in London in December 2003. Faking The Books, as it is called, will be released in April 2004 on Morr Music, followed by an extensive European tour. Plans for the future include a remix 12-inch featuring some of Lali Puna’s most favourite artists as well as their second North America tour in fall 2004.
The story of Lali Puna is inextricably linked to that of the Morr Music label itself. The band's classic Tridecoder album was the second ever release on the imprint back in 1999 and set a new template for electronic rock music that's remained in place ever since. In parallel, Morr and Lali Puna have evolved from humble, experimental beginnings before eventually coming to represent the vanguard of modern pop.
Fronted by singer and keyboard player Valerie Trebeljahr, Lali Puna's line-up is completed by drummer Christoph Brandner (also of Tied & Tickled Trio), keyboard player Christian Heiß and Markus Acher - an artist already highly regarded for his work as part of The Notwist. Over a decade of recording together this band have continued to grow in strength, confidence and studio expertise, cuing up a triumphant return to full operational capability on Our Inventions. The album's title was in place early on, helping inspire the sonic template for what's surely Lali Puna's most sophisticated and emphatically electronic collection of work to date. More than ever these songs place the group at the cutting edge of their art, facing up to the onset of an abstract, digitised future whilst retaining a timeless sense of musical ingenuity and endeavour.
It took fellow Weilheim luminaries The Notwist until their sixth album to finally reach worldwide recognition, breaking through with 2002's Neon Golden. Now, with Our Inventions, Lali Puna seem poised to crossover in a similarly incendiary fashion. In an age when the very notion of an album seems like an outmoded conceit, Lali Puna are a band that both demand and amply reward the investment of their audience over a full-length narrative. Our Inventions is a defiantly complete listening experience - one that exudes craftsmanship and captures the band at the peak of their powers as songwriters.
December 2009
Scary World Theory
Lali Puna Lyrics
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Be afraid
Of the cookie monster
Beside your bed
It's not the real
The real one's in your head
Beyond control
It's a real fight
It's a war
When destruction takes over
There is no escape
Every shot on target
Perpetrator knows how to strike
In Lali Puna's "Scary World Theory", the lyrics speak to the fears and anxieties that we all carry with us. The first stanza directly addresses our fear of monsters and things that go bump in the night. The poet assures us that there is nothing to fear from the "cookie monster beside your bed". However, the second line suggests that there is indeed something to fear, but it's not a tangible monster, rather it's the monster that lives in our own heads. This insidious force is "beyond control" and "cuts you dead".
The second stanza speaks to the idea that we are constantly engaged in a struggle against this inner monster. It's a "real fight" and it's a "war". When we let our guard down and allow the "true one" to take over, there is no escape. This destructive force knows how to strike and will take us down with precision.
"Scary World Theory" is a powerful meditation on the human psyche and the battles we all face within ourselves. By illuminating our inner monsters, the song encourages us to confront them head-on and to remain vigilant in the ongoing fight against them.
Line by Line Meaning
I've never said you'll have to
I have never warned you before
Be afraid
To feel fear
Of the cookie monster
To fear the monster under your bed
Beside your bed
Lurking near your bed
It's not the real
The perceived monster is not tangible
The real one's in your head
The true monster exists in your mind
Beyond control
Unable to be managed or contained
The true one cuts you dead
The actual monster causes harm and devastation
It's a real fight
It is a genuine battle
It's a war
It is a persistent conflict
When destruction takes over
In situations where devastation prevails
There is no escape
It is impossible to evade or avoid
Every shot on target
Each attack hits the intended mark
Perpetrator knows how to strike
The attacker is aware of the most effective way to harm
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: VALERIE TREBELJAHR
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Penny P.
I've never said you'll have to
Be afraid
Of the cookie monster
Beside your bed
It's not the real
The real one's in your head
Beyond control
The true one cuts you dead
It's a real fight
It's a war
When destruction takes over
There is no escape
Every shot on target
Perpetrator knows how to strike
Carmen S.
This music is so refreshing and forward thinking despite being almost 20 years old. Sad there's not much like this, Imogen Heap,etc
Nathan C
Tender Buttons as well
Josh Blair
Songs like this are why I want to make music. Love it.
Core de Noir
It comes from the cerne of a human, so inspiring and total by itself, powerfull
berta
progetti per il futuro: non sottovalutare le conseguenze dell'ascolto dei lali puna
Antd78
What a wonderful song!
Leonardo Spernanzoni
Viaggiare con la musica è possibile. Canzone legata indissolubilmente a "Le Conseguenze dell'Amore", probabilmente il mio film preferito del mio regista preferito con uno degli attori più bravi che il cinema italiano ricordi.
78massimino
sono d'accordo con te. le emozioni che mi ha dato questo film nessuno mai
FLUYDO X
malinconia e amore rese grandiose da servillo !
carlo maragno
johnny fox quando io ascoltavo vent'anni prima david Byrne