Harald "Sack" Ziegler - Punkt

Though the liner notes don't mention it, Punkt is not a new album but instead a compilation of various tracks over two decades of Harald "sack" Ziegler's career -- being an obsessive home-tape recorder and performer, there was quite a bit to draw from. Given the rough-and-ready pop/rock he cooks up through most of the album, the best English-language comparison might be R. Stevie Moore, though Ziegler's singing is a piercing falsetto that can be downright wacky, as opening song "Lied der Königin" shows (thankfully not for every song, as the contrasting vocals on "Meine Oma" demonstrate). Read More