Don’t forget the service ideal! Konstantin Gropper means it as a joke, of course, but the name of his project obliges. It also says so in the release text for his new album. Since his debut in 2008, Gropper has been working as the musician and mastermind behind Get Well Soon and reliably delivers an uplifting and authentic indie sound. Also on »Amen«. The only difference: the world has perhaps never needed an uplifting and authentic indie sound more urgently. Get Well Soon’s sixth album embraces everyone once again in a grand gesture. In »This Is Your Life« this is combined with a danceable beat, in »Richard, Jeff & Elon« with supporting synths. All at a moderate tempo. All thoughtfully arranged. Which is also Gropper’s reproach. After all, he attended the Pop Academy in Mannheim which is supposedly why Gropper sounds calculated. These twelve songs don’t confirm this. Rather, »Amen« lights a beacon for the optimist in us. (How else could a song with the title »I love humans« be explained?) Not with a crowbar, however, but with the necessary doubt. After all, the whole thing begins with a computer voice: »This is an intervention.« So sit down and think. Here is Get Well Soon’ pandemic album. Resilience could be ascribed to it. However, when »A Song For Myself« comes forward with its horns and choir, it would be a shameless understatement. Gropper can still make the sweeping gesture though. And when »Mantra« grows into perhaps the greatest pop song from his pen, even a few simple words become a hymn: »You are here. It is time. Then why don’t you?« An important reminder. And Get Well Soon can hardly offer a better service to the audience.
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