World News (UK), Pink Breath Of Heaven (US)

Crunch Tapes & Positive Transmitter present:

World News / Pink Breath of Heaven — live at Neue Zukunft, Berlin 4 June 2026

London’s World News blend late-’70s and ’80s post-punk, indie rock, and shoegaze into atmospheric guitar work and effortlessly cool melodies. Nostalgic yet sharp, their sound has drawn comparisons to The Smiths, The Clash, and Dire Straits while remaining unmistakably their own. Following two standout EPs (Escape and Mindsnap), a debut U.S. show at New York’s New Colossus Festival, and praise from Stereogum and The Fader, the band continues its rise with the singles “Don’t Want to Know” and “Everything Is Coming Up Roses,” offering a glimpse of their anticipated 2026 debut LP.

Special guest:

San Francisco duo Pink Breath of Heaven — Liv Field and Rex John Shelverton (Tamaryn) — weave shoegaze haze, psychedelic color, and haunting melodies into a sound both warmly familiar and strikingly new. Their debut album Colors Make a Sound and breakout single “Blue Is the Morning” cemented them as a standout voice in modern psych/shoegaze. Having performed alongside The Dandy Warhols, LSD and the Search for God, Alison’s Halo, and Ulrika Spacek, they arrive in Berlin as one of the most exciting acts in the West Coast psych underground.