Jupiter Jones
JUPITER JONES have been one of the formative German-speaking indie rock bands since the early 2000s. Founded by singer Nicholas Müller and guitarist Sascha Eigner, the band quickly developed from DIY beginnings with their own tours and releases to a fixed size of the German music landscape. A big hit that is still present on the radio today, chart placements, music awards and sold-out tours marked the highlight of the first band phase.
In 2019, Sascha Eigner and Nicholas Müller sat at an oak table in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, full of big dreams and expectations: new album, first show at the Reeperbahn Festival, then a tour – maybe even the Rockolymp.
Everything came differently in 2020: Corona, masks, bad mood, a bit of fear. Writing songs felt like an arms race against the end of the industry and the world – exhausting, shattered and marked by breaks, zoom sessions and postponed plans. Actually, they should be beaming with happiness – after all, they were making music together again! In 2022, “The Sun is a Dwarf Star” was released – a sigh of relief, a new beginning, full of good moments. The second debut of the two, which started directly at number 3 of the German charts.
In 2025, the two musicians stated: “The world still doesn’t work today, probably much less, and there are reasons for despair to be open-to-eye, but the music can’t do anything about it!” So they drummed their old friends and colleagues Andi Weizel (producer & songwriter, among others Frida Gold), Michael “Michi” Ludes (vocals & guitar Mikroboy) and Ali Zuckowski (composer & songwriter) and wrote to studio album number eight.
“I carry the coffin, you wear something colorful” it will be called and on 07. August appear. In September and October, JUPITER JONES will tour extensively through Germany.
The album moves stylistically between punk and pop, without slipping into commercially available pop punk. It is an emotional, human work that is both danceable and melancholic, with a mixture of energy and vulnerability. The songs are direct, honest and political, sometimes angular, sometimes round, and bear the signature of the band, which has always moved between rough punk and accessible pop since the early years.
