FHEELS

A high-energy voyage through rock, jazz and psychedelic prog: FHEELS from Hamburg forge a bridge between rock’s past and present, between sophistication and catchiness – a mixture that is familiar on an international level from bands like Elbow, Interpol or Radiohead. The Hamburg band released their first studio album “Lotus” in 2022, preceded by the EP “Traveller” and professional video productions. The band name is in fact made up of the words “wheels” and “feelings” – after all, frontman Felix Brücker has been on the road on four wheels since he was confined to a wheelchair after a snowboarding accident at the age of 17.

The singer with the impressive vocal range also repeatedly deals with the topic of disability in his very intimate and personal songwriting. The explicit video for the single “Sharp Dressed Animals”, in which Brückner can be seen with actress Laura Ehrich and which deals with desire and sexuality from the perspective of a man with paraplegia, attracted attention far beyond the music press. FHEELS see themselves as bridge builders not only in musical terms, but also when it comes to inclusion.

FHEELS regularly tour festivals and play gigs in small, intimate clubs, but they will certainly soon conquer many a big stage. The band was already a guest at asphalt Festival in 2021 and rocked the lake stage so much with their piercing alternative rock that asking them back was virtually inevitable.

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The press says:

“The vastness of post-rock and the stadium. The narrowness of the jam cellar and the blues bar. The horizon of the whole rock landscape – FHEELS think big. Felix Brückner is one of the most variable, charismatic, engaging and simply the best singers we have in this country.” (VISIONS)

“Brückner’s voice, which shifts with ease from a fragile, delicate head voice to full, raspy lows, hits straight into the heart.” (Independent music magazine Vinyl-keks.eu)