Katzengold

Katzengold stays close to its first spark. Some songs went from demo to final take in hours, not months. Acoustic guitar parts from those first recordings made the album, and a few scratch vocals stayed too, holding onto a spontaneity that couldn’t be recreated later.

The record began with lyrics by Kris Ragnstam, a songwriter active in independent music since the early 2000s. His work has ranged from a Japanese Billboard #1 to touring with Debbie Harry and Mumford & Sons. Here, that experience lands in songs that feel immediate and unfussy.

Recorded as a trio, Katzengold leans into real-time chemistry. Missed notes, uneven phrasing, and happy accidents were left in for character and tension. Tracked and mixed through an analog workflow, anchored by a very old working PC, it comes through warm, direct, and unvarnished.