Few Bits, the vehicle for the exquisite pop musings of Belgian artist Karolien Van Reensbeck, finally released their latest record Big Sparks worldwide digitally last Friday and to mark the occasion have gifted us the ultra spacious and dreamy title track. It’s the fourth to be lifted from the record and follows the shimmering ‘Summer Sun’ (which spent considerable time in our Top 30), the positively glistening ‘Anyone Else’ and the delicately measured ‘Sweet Warrior’. Originally released in the Benelux countries in late March and recorded back in August last year, Van Reensbeck has spoken of the feel the band derived from recording in the delightful summer climes of the Ardennes region and that certainly comes through in the album’s warm sonic accessibility in a musical sense. That’s not to say though that lyrics wise things are all swimmingly as they clearly reflect a personal response to life’s inevitable pitfalls and complexities. Van Reensbeck explains;
“I always write autobiographically. I’m not really interested in writing from someone else’s perspective. A song doesn’t just have to sound good, it also has to express exactly what I feel. Otherwise I’d rather throw it away. I don’t come up with fiction. Every word, every comma, has to fit my head and my heart.”
The title track, ‘Anyone Else’ and ‘Sweet Warrior’ can be streamed below. Big Sparks is out worldwide digitally (check your local digital and streaming services) and through PIAS Recordings physically in the UK, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland and Austria.
Big Sparks
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From the album, ‘Big Sparks’, PIAS Recordings.
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Anyone Else
Few Bits (BEL)
From the album, ‘Big Sparks’, PIAS Recordings.
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Sweet Warrior
Few Bits (BEL)
From the album, ‘Big Sparks’, PIAS Recordings.
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