About
LAUSCH are an alternative rock band from Vienna, active since 2005. Across six studio albums and a live EP they push 90s rock, post-rock and progressive into something loud, melodic and slightly off-centre. Reviewers keep reaching for the same three names: Biffy Clyro, Muse and Long Distance Calling. The band have played Nova Rock, the FM4 stage at Donauinselfest and, in April 2026, Arena Vienna. Their singles are in regular rotation on Austrian radio 88.6. A live version of "Fortitude" (2025) was played and filmed at the Arena show and is online as a video. Their cover of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" came out on 25 September 2026, and their own single "Audition" follows on 23 October.
Live Highlights
- Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna (2026)
- Ottensheim Open Air Festival (2023)
- Lott Festival, Raversbeuren (2018)
- Support for Mudhoney, Szene Wien (2016)
- Donauinselfest, FM4 Planet Stage, Vienna (2016)
- Nova Rock Festival (2016)
- ORF Radiokulturhaus, Vienna (2016)
Discography
- Love & Order2023
- Could Haves - Live EP2018
- Quiet Men2017
- Glass Bones2015
- Canada is Falling2012
- Friend of the Captain2009
- Nothing But Not2007
Press
Were LAUSCH British and not Austrian, they would have made their breakthrough long ago.
ROCK HARD (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)…brilliantly masters the advanced non-mainstream rock sound.
MICHAEL TERNAI, MICA (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)Love & Order is relevant for the Austrian music scene.
THE GAP (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)Heavy as fuck. Pretty cool dudes.
SPHEREMAG.CO.UKAlexander Lausch might just have the best rock voice in all of Austria.
MICA – MUSIC AUSTRIA (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)