Helmut - Content Creatures

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: STV2601LP
Barcode: 4251804189637
Release Date: 10 Apr 2026
Genre: Indie/Pop

How do losers dance? According to Helmut, almost weightlessly, with soft feet, warm gestures, sometimes alone, sometimes together. Content Creatures, Helmut's fourth album, evokes the pop archetype of the “beautiful loser”, who had almost disappeared from view in so-called late capitalism. In a present in which even suffering is often similarly instrumentalised and tailored to clicks like a competitive sport, this album sets a counterpoint: those who listen to it suddenly want to be enchanting losers again, useless and joyfully messing up, losing something beloved, having their hearts broken, giving up a dream, sinking into beauty. 
You don't sink alone. 

Comforting harmonies envelop you, the voices of friends appear, accompany you for a while and then disappear again. Warm grooves, floating synths and delicate guitar lines characterise an indie sound that remains open and breathes.
 
Self-produced for the first time in his home studio in Neukölln, ‘Content Creatures’ sounds thoughtful and light at the same time. The album will be released digitally and on vinyl on 10 April 2026 on Berlin-based label St.Vladimir. There are four songs on one side and four songs on the other. The cover is adorned with an exceptionally pretty guinea pig. Helmut shows the special in the seemingly ordinary: a child's pet, the most ordinary of all, is his cover star and headstrong protagonist.

Tracklist: 1The Inside of Our Mind 00:03:17 2I Got Me a Microwave 00:03:53 3 Unordinary 00:04:06 4 Je t'adore l'ennui 00:03:28 5 Done with the Lies 00:03:55 6 They Never Told Anyone 00:03:14 7 Vallabye 00:03:58 8 God in the Middle 00:03:52