Indie-punk band LAWN CHAIR share 'War Machine’ + announce new UK tour dates
Debut albumYOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT! is set for release on September 5th 2025
New UK tour dates announced
"Bursting into a shouty, fists-aloft chorus before zoning back to minimalism, it's quiet-loud tricks are a tried-and-tested recipe for success"
- DIY
"I like this a lot. I like the deadpan poetry it uses to describe the scene and the unsettled, unpredictable, jerky nature of the music as well”
- Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6 Music
"A sharp indie-rock track that channels frustration and disillusionment into an electrifying anthem"
- LOUD WOMEN
German-American indie punk outfit LAWN CHAIR is set to make waves with their highly anticipated debut album, YOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT!, slated for release on September 5th, 2025. Today the Berlin-based outfit share new single ‘War Machine’, accompanied by a new live video, the single is a poignant tribute to front woman Claudia Schlutius’ father.
Over the past three years, the Berlin-based band has carved out a reputation as one of Germany’s most vital and uncompromising new bands. Formed around Seattle-born vocalist and lyricist Claudia Schlutius, the five-piece have brought their exhilarating live energy to festivals like The Great Escape, Reeperbahn and Fusion, toured the UK and Germany, and shared stages with Sleaford Mods, Primal Scream, Getdown Services, DEADLETTER, and more. With two EPs produced alongside Olaf Opal (The Notwist) and Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), they’ve already made serious noise. But YOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT! marks their most expansive and self-assured work to date.
Written during a time of personal and creative transition (as Schlutius and guitarist Eric Haupt relocated from Cologne to Berlin), YOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT! was crafted between November 2023 and September 2024, with extensive pre-production shaping its unique sound. The album’s title, a lyric drawn from ‘The Next Big Thing’, is a tongue-in-cheek response to the relentless demands of the music industry. Lyrically and sonically, the album draws inspiration from the absurdities of late-stage capitalism, fragile male egos, the never-ending quest for inner peace - and Schlutius’ own complicated relationship with both her family and her U.S. origins.
Their new single ‘War Machine’ is a tribute to her aging father, a Vietnam veteran and commercial fisherman in Alaska, whose fiercely independent spirit left its mark on her. “You’re a War Machine” becomes a line directed both outward and inward, a recognition of inherited restlessness and the fragility of the people we admire.
Across the album's 9 tracks, LAWN CHAIR tap into a collage of grunge textures, indie punk urgency, and art rock invention, pairing hook-laden riffs with buzzing electronics and lyrics that zero in on the contradictions of our time. “We spent a lot more time on production than ever before and there’s a lot more electronic influences in there,” says Schlutius. “It’s eclectic but cohesive and I feel like we really found our style with the album. I also feel like the music captures our humor and silliness in a much better way. Uncompromising, playful and experimental.”
YOU WANT IT! YOU GOT IT! Is an album shaped by smartphones, rent anxiety, self-doubt, feminist rage, and the peculiar heartbreak of realising you’re just another person trying to make art in a system that doesn’t care if you do. LAWN CHAIR have made a debut that doesn’t just reflect the messiness of the moment - it revels in it, questions it, and kicks back at it with style.
Live Shows
06.09.25 Darlington, Last Train Home
09.09.25 Hull, Polar Bear Music Club
18.09.25 Southampton, Heartbreakers
19.09.25 London, The Elephants Head
20.09.25 Bristol, The Lanes
21.09.25 Brighton, The Prince Albert
02.10.2025 - DE, Bremen, Lagerhaus
03.10.2025 - DE, Dortmund, Subrosa
04.10.2025 - DE, Berlin, Schokoladen
07.10.2025 - DE, Mainz schon schön
10.10.2025 - DE, Karlsruhe, KOHI
11.10.2025 - DE, Freiburg, Slowclub
22.10.2025 - DE, Köln, Bumann
23.10.2025 - DE, Hamburg, Komet
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