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With their debut album “The Ground Beneath Our Feet”, released at the end of 2023, Small Strides transported the dramaturgy and emotional power of their concerts onto the LP and enthused both national and international voices.

SCHALL magazine praised it as follows: “Ultimately, the whole album is a wonderfully self-contained island (...). Although tracks like 'Your Arms' could also have been performed with the voice of the great David Bowie in his final years, they are perfect as they are now.”

Tótum Revolútum added: “To end 2023 with a debut of this level and uniqueness is remarkable. Especially in a year where there has been a lot of quality music.”

The “third space”, often declared dead, is experiencing a major renaissance in live music. Düsseldorf-based indiespheric band Small Strides don't just want to revive it, they want to turn it into a place of emotional connection and shared experience. Inevitably, the feedback at their concerts ranges from couples finally revealing their feelings, to intimate moments of friendship, as well as people coming to terms with personal crises and the way out of them.

Small Strides' atmospheric songs are the catalysts that make these great evenings possible. The intoxicating soundscape of their indie rock, which they create with a dozen instruments and towering layers of live loops, becomes the foundation for personal topics such as mental health, self-doubt and fear of the future. Problems with which we are still too often alone in our everyday lives.

From their own experience, however, the four Düsseldorfers are not satisfied with simple answers for their fans. Instead, they look at the heavy content of their songs through a prism of different perspectives to provide guidance and help. These changes of perspective are reflected in the music itself, which oscillates between haunting stadium anthems and sheltered ambient worlds.

Rock Garage puts it in a nutshell: “Great emotions are not always easy to musically separate from kitsch. SMALL STRIDES' debut album manages this with flying colors. 'The Ground Beneath Our Feet' has become an outstanding, dense, intense and serious piece of music (...)”

Following their debut album, whose release was celebrated at the legendary, pre-sold out Zakk in Düsseldorf, Small Strides are now taking the next leap in their musical journey. A journey on which they have long since ceased to be alone.