by Fabian Schelbert of Dear Misses

Since 2017, I’ve been the singer and guitarist of the Swiss band Dear Misses, although my first band experience started in 2005 when I was 15. My roots lie in a mountain valley, which is the embodiment of Switzerland: high mountains and deep valleys, a cold blue creek, a lot of snow in winter, green meadows, and Swiss cows during summer. If you don’t believe me, just Google “Muotathal.” It’s old Germanic and means “wild water valley.”

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I guess that is one of the reasons I have always been attracted to nature. That’s why I started my studies in geography at the University of Berne, the Swiss capital after I graduated high school. While I was mainly focused on physical studies, I began to focus more and more on social subjects. This was when I started to grasp that our connection to nature and nature’s relation to us is deeply rooted in cultural and social aspects. The separation of nature and humans is artificial.

I realized that our capitalistic system is not meant to serve the long-term needs of people and nature but rather to benefit a wealthy few. Faced with such understanding, I started to involve these themes in my songs with Dear Misses.

Although a melody always gives me the first inspiration for a new song, it is passionate lyrics that give the song the charisma it needs. Sometimes, I struggle to find an adequate lyrical topic for a new song. Nevertheless, for our latest single, “1% Suckers,” the lyrics came to me easily. What theme goes better with a powerful voice, a fast beat, and catchy guitar rhythms? The unbelievable inequality among us human beings, of course.

The lyrics attempt to show the injustice in our system easily: That 1% of the wealthiest people possess more than 40% of the global assets. It’s outrageous and incredibly unfair! So the title contains the whole message: The ultra-rich suck! I hope you hear the anger and frustration that brought the song the energy it needed.

Dear Misses – The first and only bluesadelic rock band from Muotathal, Switzerland.

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Muotathal, Switzerland
Americana, Country, Garage Rock, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul, Glam-Rock, Blues
nature, mountains, inequality, songwriting