When life feels painfully empty, fantasy rushes in to occupy the space. Reinvention begins to resemble transcendence: the promise that the ordinary self might be remade into something larger, stranger, and seemingly indestructible. Yet when dissatisfaction hardens into appetite, self-invention can become self-erasure. The search for meaning may offer a taste of power while quietly stripping away the person who began it.
Berlin newcomers Void Queen give that hunger a hard, low-slung pulse on “Power Sip,” premiering below. Out now via Duchess Box Records, the track is the first single from the band’s forthcoming debut EP, I Wanna Know, arriving on August 21.
After a brief buildup, “Power Sip” locks into a brisk, bass-driven charge. The song sits at the intersection of Penetration’s melodic punk urgency, Au Pairs’ bass-led post-punk tension, and The Runaways’ rough-edged rock ’n’ roll swagger. Pounding drums and a forceful low end provide its physical momentum, while restless guitar textures gather around Vilte Stasiuleviciute’s smoky, emotionally charged vocal. Her delivery shifts from measured restraint toward mounting urgency as the arrangement moves between melodic clarity and gritty intensity.
Lyrically, the song turns that hunger inward. Suspended between illusion and reality, it examines the urge to transform the ordinary into something extraordinary, even at the cost of losing oneself in the process. False immortality, emotional isolation, and self-confrontation converge in what Void Queen calls “a story about becoming everything you once swore you’d never be.”
Listen to “Power Sip” below:
Void Queen formed in Berlin in March 2024 following a last-minute lineup change. Guitarist Tobi Rachuj and drummer Merlin Niklasch were playing together in another project when their singer withdrew shortly before a scheduled concert. Stasiuleviciute stepped in as a temporary replacement, but by the trio’s second rehearsal, they had already written their first original song, “Suga.”
Longtime friend Helge Siara initially helped the group record demos in his rehearsal-space studio before joining permanently on bass. Those early DIY sessions yielded the band’s first releases, including “Suga,” “Seventeen,” and “Six Feet Underground,” capturing the raw intensity that would become central to Void Queen’s identity.
Momentum came quickly. After early performances in Copenhagen, Void Queen sold out a headline show at Berlin’s Badehaus less than a year after forming. A live session and interview on Fritz FM, along with coverage in Tagesspiegel, further established the group within the city’s underground guitar scene.
The forthcoming I Wanna Know EP expands upon the dark energy of those early recordings, placing emotional vulnerability within explosive rock dynamics. The release further sharpens the qualities already present in “Power Sip”: driving rhythms, atmospheric tension, melodic immediacy, and a refusal to settle inside rigid genre boundaries.
“Power Sip” is out now via Duchess Box Records. Stream the single here.
Following their recent appearance at Berlin’s Fête de la Musique, Void Queen will perform at Rocktreff Open Air in Berlin on July 3.
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