Sailors falling out of love with their ships, broken ponies leaving their stables, and a nostalgia for moments not yet experienced - Swiss based Indie/ Art-Rock band Laddermen around Texas native and front man Leopold Oakes becomes the stage to unpack the city cowboy baggage.

Moving effortlessly between melancholic Indie and Art-Rock, Laddermen gains comparisons to the likes of The Strokes, The Killers and The National. The band’s highly acclaimed debut album ‘Special Kind of Violence’ charted at number 2 on iTunes Alternative Switzerland and got praised as “One of the most beautiful albums of 2021” by Tagesanzeiger. On the heels of their debut release, Laddermen played a run of live shows crowned with an appearance at Wave Fest Rotterdam (NL) alongside German Post-Punk/Wave pioneers Pink Turns Blue.

Laddermen’s new EP ‘And Now You’re Bored’ is out April 5th, 2024 as the third herald of a number of new releases that will appear in 2024. It shows the band moving towards more melodic, catchy indie rock songs.