For a band celebrating over two decades of music and creativity, the greatest challenge is often sounding fresh without losing the authenticity built up over a substantial career. For German outfit Loving The Sun, led by Joe Weninghoff, they’ve managed to walk this tightrope with confidence and ease on their new EP, the aptly named ‘Journey’.
Released in June 2025 on Fuego and Nea Music, this compact collection acts less like a retrospective and more like a carefully curated snapshot, condensing 25 years of sonic evolution into a set of concise, melody-driven songs.
The band’s storied history, which includes some stellar collaborations with Andrea Heukamp, a founding member of 90s Britpop icons The House of Love, gives them a unique position. They’re veteran artists who sound genuinely thrilled to be back. The production feels warm and dreamlike, marrying the sun-drenched, folk-tinged spirit of the 60s and 70s rock with a contemporary, clean edge, ensuring the music never feels like a dusty relic.
What makes the EP truly shine through is its refusal to settle into one genre. While it’s built from just two tracks, Loving The Sun take you on a musical journey through pop, rock, blues, country, and folk elements.
At one end, you have the title track, a beautifully tempered track that shines with acoustic guitar and rolling, sun-kissed melodics. It’s a song that floats with an easy, unrushed sound, and sense of freedom, breezing through life with joyous country-pop undercurrent. Then you have ‘Blue Lagoon’, a slow, gently unfolding song where the tone and textures shift. There’s a noticeable pitch in style and ---‘s vocals, offering a more narrative style and blossoming atmospherics that wrestle with the steady, lingering sounds.
That ability to move seamlessly from heart-wrenching introspection to feel-good uplift, all within the space of a single EP, highlights their mature craft. ‘Journey’ is diverse, but cohesive statement proving that Loving The Sun’s unique, colourful mix is still moving in the right direction.
You can stream the new EP above via Spotify, and for more, be sure to check out Loving The Sun’s website.
