Gwen Dolyn & Toyboys
I first came across Gwen Dolyn last year in the lead up to Synästhesie, we had already had a couple corona related cancellations and werent even sure if Beak> were gonna make it. The show must go on, as they tell me, and we began scouring the continent for bands deserving and near enough to jump in on short notice. That’s when someone played me their recently released single Dr. Murkes. It put me in a good mood, it remined me a little of early Ärzte and I really liked her vocals. Long story short, they didn’t get the call in 2021, but were one of the first bookings for 2022.
BIOGRAPHY
The words “grunge, punk, and crazy high emotions'' adorn the Spotify biography of post-punk band Gwen Dolyn & Toyboys. Their debut EP ‘Komm schon!’ (‘Come on!’) shows that, emotionally, what's on the inside is also what's on the outside. ‘Come on!’ also seems to be the motto according to which Gwen Dolyn, a Darmstadt native, goes through life. With a little less grunge influence on the latest EP, but with all the more passion, she blasts her feminist views, emotions, and convictions out into the world. This is what post-punk is meant to sound like.
The Toyboys are a three-piece band – Robert, Jörn und Tilli – who most notably perform as Gwen Dolyn’s studio and live band.
