Corona Albums

During the intense phase of the pandemic, when Corona was omnipresent, and we crept through supermarkets with masks and counted, previously disinfected shopping carts, hoping to still get pasta or canned tomatoes or even toilet paper – some music was released during that time.Many of these albums, EPs, and singles had something special about them. They were more intense. Often, a sense of despair resonated in the music. Back then, I was particularly moved by "12" by AnnenMayKantereit. The album had something unfinished about it. In a good way. The despair that many of us carried with us, but also a little bit of hope, can be found in and between every line. Is this how we make music now? Meeting up and playing together wasn't possible. I bought the album on vinyl and listened to it constantly. As the pandemic subsided, the record was played less and less. When I was recently flipping through my records, I briefly considered putting it on again. I couldn't. I didn't want to listen to…