Last year Loverboy spoke with dreamy 90s House duo Blue Hawaii about holing themselves up in a remote log cabin in Quebec to record their last album. Since then one half of the group, DJ Kirby, has returned back to his adoptive city of Berlin and been inspired by a totally different decade.

Teaming up with German actress, Eddie Rabenberg, the new duo are named Das Boat and they are kicking things off with new single, ‘Intensity.’ Giving us 80s camp, nu wave and Italo…with some German vocals, the track was inspired by the past.

The band tell us, ‘Intensity’ is about certain memories, which in their first impression might seem small and unimportant but then just won’t get out of your head. Of course these moments can be positive as well, but in our song we are focusing more on the painful and uncomfortable ones. They could arise from the way someone treated you or from when you did something embarrassing you would really rather forget. Perhaps through writing and expressing our thoughts towards them, we can conquer them and reclaim our piece of mind.’

‘Intensity’ is out now on Arbutus Records. Check it out here.