The trip-hop act Sofa Surfers was founded in 1997 by a quartet of sound-obs… Read Full Bio ↴The trip-hop act Sofa Surfers was founded in 1997 by a quartet of sound-obsessed Viennese instrumentalists: Wolfgang Schlögl, Markus Kienzl, Wolfgang Frisch, and Michael Holzgruber. The group's debut single, "Sofa Rockers," earned a remix from fellow Austrian head Richard Dorfmeister, and their debut album, "Transit", earned wide release through MCA.
"Cargo" and "Constructions: Remixed and Dubbed" followed three years later.

It's fitting that Sofa Surfers, a band not at all afraid to switch up their sound, have entitled their latest album, "Sofa Surfers". It's sound is simple, honest and stripped down to the essence of the band; brooding and melancholy moodiness mixed with an angstful tension that at times comes dangerously close to boiling over.

Sofa Surfers familiar hip-hop/dub style has given way to a minimalized indie rock/R&B/Soul sound using sparsely arranged bass, drum and guitar with an R&B/soul vocal style compliments of Mani Obeya, but it retains the Sofa Surfers well-known personality. Describing this album as sounding "like a hardcore band after the noise has abated" is fair, but don't put too much weight into the "hardcore band" part of that statement because they sound much closer to Massive Attack than any hardcore band I know.

There is an evolution that occurs throughout the album, starting on the melancholy side, moving into angst and then back to melancholy. "White Noise" is a great lead track and soon to be released as the first single off this album.

"Sofa Surfers", an album referred to by the band as "the red album" is an intimate trip into a musical world Wolfgang Schlögl, Markus Kienzl, Michael Holzgruber and Wolfgang Frisch are proud to share, and rightly so; it's nicely written, richly emotional, and hard to define.

Premiere of their latest album "Blindside" is scheduled to 29. January 2010.

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The group then left Klein for Monoscope Productions, which released Blindside in 2010 as well as 2012's Superluminal and 2015's Scrambles, Anthems and Odysseys. Also in 2015, Sofa Surfers provided the music for the crime comedy Das Ewige Leben (Life Eternal). In 2017, Monoscope issued 20, a mix of original songs and reworked favorites in celebration of Sofa Surfers' 20 years together.

Believer
Sofa Surfers Lyrics

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Monopolise me
Magnetise me
Take me for the fool for you that I am

Idolise me
Philosophise me
Change me from the innocent to the wisest of men

Make me a believer..
Make me a believer

Disorganise me
De-civilise me
Introduce me to the truth of what it really means

Desensitise me
Look in the eyes me
Speak to me in tongues that only you and I understand

Make me a believer..
Make me a believer

Take by surprise me
Word to the wise me
Take me deep into the core until I’m at the seams

Theorise me
Then realise me
Take me from reality into a thing of dreams

Make me a believer..
Make me a believer

Idolise me
Philosophise me
Change me from the innocent to the wisest of men

Desensitise me
Look in the eyes me
Speak to me in tongues only that you and I understand

Make me a believer..
Make me a believer

My eyes are open and my senses are bright

Rain down your light
And wake me from this night..

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sofa Surfers' "Believer" paints a picture of a person who is willing to surrender themselves to someone they admire. The lyrics suggest that the person wants to be dominated intellectually and emotionally by this individual. They want to be made into a believer, someone who sees the world through the eyes of the person they idolise. The song is a plea to be taken on a journey into deeper truths, into unchartered territories that only this person can take them.

The lyrics convey the idea of relinquishing control and allowing oneself to be moulded into someone new. The individual singing the song wants to be "disorganised" and "de-civilised" so that they can discover the real truths of existence. They want to be inspired, changed from the "innocent to the wisest of men". The song suggests that this journey of transformation will require a certain level of desensitisation. The person singing wants to be spoken to in a language that only they and their idol can understand. They want to be taken into a new reality, a world that is different from everything else they have known.

Overall, the lyrics of the song "Believer" express a deep desire to be taken on a transformative journey of discovery. It speaks to the human need to be inspired and to experience new things. The song portrays the idea that sometimes to discover new truths, we must first let go of the things that we think we know.

Line by Line Meaning

Monopolise me
Take control over me completely

Magnetise me
Attract me strongly

Take me for the fool for you that I am
Take advantage of my foolishness for you

Idolise me
Admire and worship me

Philosophise me
Teach me your philosophy

Change me from the innocent to the wisest of men
Transform me from being naive to being the wisest person

Make me a believer..
Make me believe in something or someone

Disorganise me
Disturb my order and routine

De-civilise me
Take away my civilized behavior

Introduce me to the truth of what it really means
Show me the true meaning of things

Desensitise me
Make me less sensitive to something