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Promoter
Landstreicher Konzerte
Date
Aug 06, 2026 19:00
FB Event
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About the Concert
Crippling Alcoholism
06.08.2026, Berlin, Urban Spree
Einlass: 19:00
Beginn: 20:00
Beginn: 20:00
Crippling Alcoholism is a Boston-based project working at the intersection of pop immediacy and abrasive noise rock. Their 2025 breakthrough album, Camgirl, frames earworm hooks against themes of obsession, endurance, and collapse, allowing pleasure and revulsion to coexist without easy resolution.
Released September 12, 2025, Camgirl follows a loose narrative centered on a sex worker navigating cycles of exploitation and survival, where intimacy becomes spectacle and visibility carries risk. Grotesque and confrontational subject matter sits inside deliberately melodic structures, with choruses that linger even as the lyrics resist comfort. Songs move between confession and performance, desire and despair, illuminated by artificial light.
The band joined The Flenser for a reissue of Camgirl and their forthcoming next album, marking a new chapter while continuing to refine their balance of melody, abrasion, and lived experience.
