Content Creatures

Description

How do losers dance? According to Helmut, almost weightlessly, with soft feet, warm
gestures, sometimes alone, sometimes together. Content Creatures, Helmut’s fourth
album, evokes the pop archetype of the “beautiful loser”, who had almost
disappeared from view in so-called late capitalism. In a present in which even
suffering is often similarly instrumentalised and tailored to clicks like a competitive
sport, this album sets a counterpoint: those who listen to it suddenly want to be
enchanting losers again, useless and joyfully messing up, losing something beloved,
having their hearts broken, giving up a dream, sinking into beauty.
You don’t sink alone.
Comforting harmonies envelop you, the voices of friends appear, accompany you for
a while and then disappear again. Warm grooves, floating synths and delicate guitar
lines characterise an indie sound that remains open and breathes.
Self-produced for the first time in his home studio in Neukölln, ‘Content Creatures’
sounds thoughtful and light at the same time. The album will be released digitally
and on vinyl on 10 April 2026 on Berlin-based label St.Vladimir. There are four songs
on one side and four songs on the other. The cover is adorned with an exceptionally

pretty guinea pig. Helmut shows the special in the seemingly ordinary: a child’s pet,
the most ordinary of all, is his cover star and headstrong protagonist.