The Red Flags

The story behind this band reads a bit like a good, yet-to-be-made coming-of-age film: midway through the pandemic, Polly, Murphy, Mika and Joe join up and start a band as part of a school project. They write songs, jam in the rehearsal room. Then last year, something big comes along: Jan Böhmermann invites them to perform on the main stage at Rock am Ring - in four days. The concert is a huge success, The Red Flags are suddenly the talk of the town.
Then there’s a record deal, booking agency, support shows for Tocotronic and Turbostaat - the Cologne-based combo hit the ground running with a gloriously in-your-face sound spanning alternative rock, riot grrrl punk and grunge. “Self-Centered And Delusional” (2025), their hotly anticipated debut album, produced by none other than Moses Schneider (Beatsteaks, Tocotronic, among others), has recently come out. Rarely, perhaps never before, has there been such a talented and determined all-female punk band in this country, updating the genre for us all from a standing start. If you don’t buy it, just see for yourself in Hamburg and then raise the red flag.