The Poster Boy
The idea of The Poster Boy came from the minds of three key figures of the Budapest music scene, Imre Poniklo (amber smith), Mayer R. Noel (The Walrus) and the American Michael Zwecker (ex-Kispál and the Borz) during a joint beer session in the summer of 2011 ; the three friends toyed with the idea of a joint project, but perhaps they themselves would not have thought that in just a few months they would be releasing an LP.
In July 2012, the band's first release, also available in physical format, Melody, was published by two foreign labels, Berlin's Firestation Records and Barcelona's Bell Boy Productions. Their second album, "Bonjour, C'est Pop Deux" won a Phonogram award in early 2014, then the third album was released in 2017 with the title "On the Count of Three".
The fourth album, "Hooks", released on September 22, has been in production since 2021. There are 8 songs on the album, which go back to "Melody" in terms of their brevity and popularity. On this album, the band explores classic themes: awakening and love, pain and loss, beauty and joy. This sums up the years during which the band and all of us have experienced the shared trauma of COVID anxiety and closure.
Cloudsurfers (NL)
Cloudsurfers are an energetic Dutch garage punk band based in Nijmegen. After the release of their 2021 debut album Don’t Know What Hit Me, Cloudsurfers went on to play over 50 shows in 2022, including major festivals like Paaspop, Vestrock and Zwarte Cross. In the meantime they’ve recorded their second album Subhuman Essence.
The concert was supported by LivEurope.