Nalan - 2009 Limited CD Preorder

Limited to 50 copies. This is a pre-order. Release Date: April 24, 2026!

Four years after her solo debut I'm Good. The Crying Tape, the Berlin-based musician releases her new album 2009. The nine-song work was primarily created in Istanbul and Berlin and will be released on April 24, 2026 via Mansions and Millions.

For the album, Nalan creates a fictitious 2009, fed by her own digicam archive from back then, from which the entire artwork also comes, and the memories that arise while writing. Sometimes it is transfiguring and nostalgic, as in her track Everything was Easy in 2009, then again dark and lamenting, as in Down The Drain or Ok. 2009 is both the monster that can be seen on the cover and the girl in the background, of whom it is not clear whether she is laughing or crying.

The song 59:1 (fiftynine to one), for example, is about the live club of the same name in Munich, which had to close its doors in 2013 and where Nalan spent her youth going to concerts. Seems almost logical that, in addition to the members of her current live band, she also worked with musicians from the Munich indie and punk scene of that decade. Hisahi Yamamoto (Like Loonies, Nalan's first band), Attila Sarıtaş (Kafkas Orient Bazaar) and Martin Brugger (This Is The Arrival, now squama recordings) each contributed parts.

In terms of sound, however, Nalan moves in the opposite direction and continues to spin the futuristic alt-pop style of her debut. The album is simultaneously live-heavy and electronic- experimental. Pithy synth sounds and plucked guitars create an absorbing contrast and thus create space for Nalan's vocals to develop freely. Sometimes they can be heard clearly, sometimes speaking or impulsively in the background. The drums on the album are deliberately reduced, but have it all, and even the undead nu metal makes an appearance at one point. The sometimes autobiographical, sometimes fictional lyrics deal with desire as in Apple, the class struggles of growing up as in Down The Drain, crushes as in Everything was Easy in 2009 and the feeling of not really having anything to say as in I've Got Nothing to Say. The production by walter p99 arkestra, who also produced Nalan's debut, focuses on texture and atmosphere throughout. Nalan can be seen on tour in April and May 2026.

Tracklist:

01. Apple
02. 59:1 (fiftynine to one)
03. I Like You
04. Ok
05. Down the Drain
06. Heavy Metal
07. I've got Nothing to Say
08. Stars
09. Everything was Easy in 2009