THE DIVINE CUP by The Westerwaves: Liner notes by Slavoj Žižek

With The Divine Cup, The Westerwaves have created one of the most important pieces of art of the 21st century. The album is a conceptual work that acts at the same time as an instrument of social critique and as a transcendental element of catharsis, in particular if you tend to like goats more than you should.

The album starts with Culture Taliban, a complex portrait of modern societal struggles to conquer liberty making use of religious paraphernalia and bestiality, packed in the form of a sing-along punk anthem.

Captain Is Leaving The Boat, the second song in this collection of masterpieces, contributes to modern social theories of hierarchical thinking by stressing injustice and inequalities in post-capitalist Europe while allowing you to pump your fist in the air and scream “Step aside! Step aside!”.

Terror Boyz! is a deep self-critical assessment of child labour in industrialized economies and tells a story of exploitation and slavery of pre-adolescents, used as beer carriers for rock’n’roll bands. This song sets the path for a tune about entering the metaphysical maze of existence, accordingly titled Philosophical Detours. Legend has it that the lyrics of this song are coauthored with the renowned social philosopher Roberto Blanco.

Topless In Teheran stresses the duality of morals in phalocentric social contexts, as beautifully summarized in the anthemic sentence “Khomeini, he liked boobies but respected Ramadan”.

The contradictory nature of the ethical conundrum posed by the postmodernity of societal relations is also reflected in The Seven Sons Of Philip VII, a moral fairytale rooted in British history and where The Westerwaves show their gift for sophisticated yet humorous social critique.

Bat Soup Swinger Party and The New Legends Of Lincoln Park are seminal examples of the Westerwaves addressing the challenges of health threats and postindustrial urban landscapes, and are presented in new mixes that highlight their lyrical beauty for the first time in this album.

Finally, Flower Gardens Of Radiology concentrates on the hidden power of matriarchy within the natural sciences, as exemplified in the figure of its most relevant victim, Pierre Curie.

The album closes with an incredible piece of musical archaeology, the infamous bootleg recording of Nobody Cares About The Baby. According to some sources, Paula Lomeli-Schrödinger made the band record this song live in a public toilet in order to capture the disappointment and despair felt by Baby Westerwave in the aftermath of the infamous Currywurst incident. The raw live recording does justice to this mythical tale of sacrifice and betrayal.