LAKESIDE X ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE

“FACTORY FLOWERS”

Prague alt-electronic act returns with their heaviest, most industrial sound yet — out

20 March 2026

Prague-based alternative / synth-pop outfit Lakeside X are set to release their brand new

single “Factory Flowers” on 20 March 2026 — their first new music in three years and the

first taste of their forthcoming studio album. The release marks a bold new chapter for a

band whose reputation as a formidable live and recording act has only grown in the years

since they came back to the scene with their last record.

Since the release of their well received album Love Disappears (2022), Lakeside X have

been relentlessly on the road, completing an intensive European touring cycle of dozens of

shows across Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Ireland and the United

Kingdom. Along the way, they shared stages with respected acts including Empathy Test,

De/Vision and Christian Eigner, cementing their status on the international electronic and

alternative club circuit.

Among the defining moments of this touring period was their appearance as opening act for

Depeche Mode at their Prague show in 2023, where Lakeside X performed in front of more

than 40,000 people — one of the most significant milestones in the band’s two-decade

career.

“Factory Flowers” signals a tangible evolution in Lakeside X’s sound. Darker and more

muscular than anything in their back catalogue, the track pulses with a throbbing, industrial-

tinged rhythm, prominent guitar textures and a raw electronic energy that feels both urgent

and unsettling. The influence of Jodorowsky’s graphic novels looms large — dystopian,

cinematic, and impossible to look away from.

The single was produced again by Daniel Myer — the acclaimed German producer behind

Haujobb, Architect, DSTR and Covenant — who also helmed Love Disappears. The master

was entrusted to another long-time collaborator of the band and well-known figure on the

Czech electronic scene, Moimir Papalescu.

Accompanying the single is a music video created in collaboration with English Prague

based artist Adrian T. Bell — a respected musician and songwriter in his own right — whose

striking paintings and visual art form the new visual backbone of the band, amplifying the

song’s themes of technological alienation and an encroaching loss of the human.

On the Theme of “Factory Flowers” — Janne Marvannen, vocalist and

songwriter:

“Our generation has experienced so many technological revolutions. We were the children

who had the first personal computers. We played the first computer games and held the first

mobile phones in our hands. The first smartphones. We experienced the advent of the

internet. Dial-up connections, then broadband. We experienced a time when the internettook over as the main medium and source of information. We experienced the first social

networks. And now we are experiencing the advent of AI. All in one lifetime, in the span of 40

years.

Meanwhile, entire generations of people are putting their lives in the hands of technology.

Everything is online today, everything is virtual today. Only we are real. We have put our

lives, emotions, feelings, and experiences in the hands of technology. Our data floats

through metaspace, we live in virtual bubbles, we cultivate online friendships, and we

consult with AI chatbots. Our lives are in the hands of invisible technological networks.

Where algorithms and technology prevail, humanity dies. We thought that connectivity and

information would lead people to freedom, but instead it’s used to manipulate and control.

But it is us who are separating ourselves from reality. We multiply violence in our minds. We

are held in confusion and fear. In a world where the blind lead the blind, we feed the fire of

factory flowers.”

About Lakeside X

Lakeside X are an alternative independent pop/rock band from Prague, Czech Republic,

blending classic synth-pop influences with modern electronic music and alternative guitar

sounds. Their music combines melancholy and energy, layered synthesizers with guitars,

and is defined by the fragile, distinctive voice of frontman and songwriter Janne Marvannen.

With a career spanning over two decades and four studio albums, the band has performed

at major festivals including Wave-Gotik-Treffen, NCN Leipzig, EXIT Festival (Serbia) and

Rock for People (Czech Republic), and have shared stages with Depeche Mode, Front 242,

Mesh, Suicide Commando or And One.

Current line-up: Janne Marvannen (vocals/songwriter), Robert Broj (keyboards), Igor

Dvorský (drums), Jakub Zachoval (guitar).