Exprexxive-Indie-Folk Band KIND REGARDS is releasing their new single QUARTER PAST TWELVE on 5.12.2025.
With shifting sections reminding of the Beatles’ “Happiness Is a Warm Gun,” “Quarter Past Twelve” captures the quiet magic just minutes before the kids come home — that fragile pause where time slows, even as children grow fast. A warm, nostalgic indie-pop moment for parents and dreamers alike.
"Is it a cool blend of chanson warmth with a pop twist or a polished pop dressed in chanson style?
Either way, the outcome is definitely worth a listen" - Stef Strittmatter, BZ Basel
Inspired by the rich indie folk tradition, the formative influences of their youth and the search for the right expression of their musical vision, the two 'partners in crime' David Schwarz and Pascal Grünenfelder create their music in a very unique, articulate, often expressive style, not afraid to cross style and genre boundaries. This has already been described as "danceable Americana chansons" or "organic eclectic groove music".
The quintet moves between Francophone chanson borrowings, warm acoustic indie folk with acoustic guitar, double bass, dobro, cellos and keys, with melancholic and confident melodies, danceable organic beats and electrically amplified excursions into pop-rock-psychedelic and neo-noir realms. The two voices with English and French lyrics take up a lot of space.
Collabs:
Steel guitarist Gilbert Trefzger (Okuo, Lovebugs and others, Berlin/Paris) can be heard as a stylistically confident and creative guest. In ‘Chère Patrie’ on the Dobro, on the electric ‘Waste Of Time’ on the pedal steel guitar. Basel-based singer Amoa (Sandro P, Juniper) appears for a guest appearance in the French 'J'Entends La Mer'.
