“Be Right Bach” gets its joke from splitting the difference between two very different kinds of quick. “Be right back” is a promise made in passing, the fastest possible exit line. Bach, the composer, built his reputation on the opposite: obsessive revision, counterpoint worked out to the note. Lords of Lounge’s title borrows both halves and only really means one of them.
Everything about how this band actually works points to the “back” half. No demos. No overdubs. Whatever gets played gets recorded, straight to tape, and that’s the take. It’s the exact opposite of how Bach composed, and probably the point: four Berlin musicians chasing a surf-lounge groove don’t need three centuries of counterpoint to get the job done, just a working tape machine and whatever showed up that day.
That impulsiveness fits the sound they’re going for anyway, dad-rock warmth and surf-pop ease with a little Meters-style groove mixed in. Nothing about “chill” or “romantic” needs three centuries of planning. It just needs a room, a tape machine, and four people willing to hit record before they’re sure it’s ready.
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