13-year cicadas belong to the genus of magicicadas. After a population's larvae have run through a 13 year long development below ground, they emerge almost all at once: a mass occurrence from the underground. 
The other animals in the forest are surprised, since it is hard to be prepared for other life cycles to be organized in prime numbers. But then they get excited: the cicadas are tasty and supply them with great teenage energy. Those who die without being eaten up after three weeks remain on the ground as a precious fertilizer. 

The Berlin based band recently finished recording and mixing their first album Totem Tongue, planning the release for January 2017. Produced by Niklas Kraft a.k.a. Talski a.k.a. The Moon With Teeth, recorded by Ruben Ferdinand and mixed by zodiaque, it turned out being a grungy, no wave gem, full of small surprises as well as dark heaviness.

Artwork by Zoi Moutsokou.

'Totem Tongue', 13 Year Cicada's first LP is out on February 17, 2017 on Gandula.

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