Vienna-based musician René Mühlberger has toured with many different bands, embarked on a series of different projects.
PRESSYES, though, is the closest we have come to finding out his true self. Fusing disparate genres – pop, hip-hop, psychedelia – it somehow resolves itself into a deliciously melodic mess.
New single 'Tough The Sky' is a case in point. A mosaic of genre and influence, it feels like this big, bombastic, and incredibly weird crossover prog-pop cuts from the mid 70s.
He explains: "'Touch The Sky' played a very strong role in defining the overall sound for PRESSYES. It started off as a very simple acoustic psychedelic tune two years ago – and suddenly turned into a groovy hip-hop influenced track after making up my vintage Ludwig drum set and boosting it through an old cassette tape machine. The lyrics for the song were never really written – they were just improvised while singing the first take. And that's what the song is all about: letting the mind breathe instead of over-thinking".
The video is stylish as hell, and definitely worth a watch. Tune in now.