That's just one of many opinions. Because generally speaking, Spitting Ibex are considered one of the best live bands in the country. And so it was clear what had to happen at some point—a live album that finally brings the raw energy of this band into your home.
In recent years, the band has played across the country—from the venerable walls of Radio Kulturhaus to the pulsating Porgy & Bess to the untamed energy of the Arena Wien. In recent years, the band has played across the country – from the venerable walls of Radio Kulturhaus to the pulsating Porgy & Bess to the untamed energy of the Arena Wien. And every time, there was this tension in the air, as if something bigger was about to happen. "A furious band in top form, a roaring audience. It was like watching a blockbuster movie," wrote the Kulturverein 361° cultural association after the concert in Aschbach-Markt (November 8, 2024).

It is precisely these moments that now come together – like a road trip through Austria's concert landscape, from venue to venue, carried by the immediate magic of the moment. And yet there is an audible common thread: the dramaturgy of a single, never-ending concert. Because “Spitting Ibex Live” was never ‘just’ music – it is a collective state of emergency. “From the first note, from the front woman's first move, the entire audience was completely blown away,” wrote the NÖN about the same evening in Aschbach.

At the center of every show is Tanja “Aunty” Peinsipp—a whirlwind of voice, movement, and presence. “An exceptional bundle of energy,” is how Hannes Schweiger described her after her performance at Porgy & Bess (February 6, 2022). “She belts out rhythmic blocks of text, leads the band on a steamy course, accompanied by a likeable rebelliousness.” And FM4's Lisa Schneider summed it up succinctly after the “Love Hate Fear Fate” album release show at Porgy & Bess (February 27, 2020): “Spitting Ibex tore the Vienna jazz club apart!”

This live album shows Spitting Ibex as they really are: untamed, raw, uncompromising, and stubbornly beautiful. Sometimes with background vocals, percussion, and a full horn section, then reduced again to the five-piece core lineup. Every nuance, every bead of sweat, every breath is palpable. “Their live show is reminiscent of the boisterous rock bands of our youth – and frontwoman Tanja generates more energy in one evening than the Murkraftwerk power plant in Graz does in a whole year,” wrote Der Haubentaucher (Dom im Berg, 12.2022).