MOLA

MOLA – those are catchy gutter-pop earworms and heartbreaking soul ballads that smell of a punk leather jacket; those are pathos-soaked Italo tearjerkers in a thunderstorm, bittersweet symphonies from the indie-rock junk cellar. MOLA – that is the singing of Isabella Streifeneder, now crumpled and murmured, now gloriously roaring; those are catchy, gruff guitar riffs, squealing synths and dusty drums; that is the unmistakable handwriting of the eight-armed multi-instrumentalist and producer Markus Sebastian Harbauer.

MOLA – those are hymns, by turns wistful, merciful or gallows-humoured, to crumbling dreams, escapades, the lousiness of things and life without a driving licence; those are rough punchlines against the lies of the grown-ups, scuffles with your own heart, that is “everything big or nothing at all”.

Isabella Streifeneder aka MOLA was born in Italy and grew up in Munich, where she still lives today. Since she began working with producer Markus Sebastian Harbauer in 2017, her songs have sounded like the stories they tell: pretty rough and snotty, always a little battered and shabby and yet ultra-romantic, symphonic, fervent and grand.

“Schnee im Sommer” brought the final breakthrough in 2021, followed by the Panikpreis of the Udo Lindenberg Stiftung and several nominations for the Preis für Popkultur. MOLA has played festivals such as Lollapalooza, Deichbrand and Open Flair, has supported Wanda, Großstadtgeflüster and Antilopen Gang – and has been on the road with the third album “Liebe Brutal”.