2017 Record Store Day release - Includes a 12"x12" sticker sheet, inner sleeves and a download coupon.
Double LP pressed at 45rpm. The Dewaele brothers' first LP in eleven years is actually a soundtrack to Belgica, a Belgian film by the Oscar-nominated director Felix Van Groeningen about two brothers who run a hedonistic nightclub in Ghent, Soulwax's hometown. For the sixteen-track album, the band invented fifteen fictional personas, each with its own sound, aesthetic, and backstory that draw from different decades of club culture. Genres range from Studio 1 reggae to indie rock, under pseudonyms like Burning Phlegm, White Virgins, and Noah's Dark. (The Shitz do double duty – no pun intended.) That a band could attempt a project like this with such strict historical verisimilitude is a fascinating technical exercise; the fact that many of these songs are actually decent is just an added bonus.
A1 | –Charlotte (53) | The Best Thing | 4:10 |
A2 | –The Shitz | How Long | 4:18 |
A3 | –Rubber Band (3) | Caoutchouc | 4:33 |
B1 | –White Virgins | Turn Off The Lights | 3:17 |
B2 | –Light Bulb Matrix | Hot December | 3:44 |
B3 | –Kursat 9000 | Çölde Kutup Ayisi | 2:29 |
B4 | –Erasmus (4) | Ti Ricordi Di Me | 4:08 |
B5 | –Burning Phlegm | Nothing | 1:44 |
C1 | –Aquazul | Slippy Fingers | 4:21 |
C2 | –Roland McBeth | Don’t Wait Up For Me | 5:26 |
C3 | –Diploma | Got Any Chris Rea? | 3:03 |
C4 | –They Live (6) | The Cookie Crumbles | 3:02 |
D1 | –Danyel Galaxy | Cybernetic Permutations In The Key Of A | 3:23 |
D2 | –The Shitz | Sell It With Your Face | 2:06 |
D3 | –Robert Vanderwiel | Nine Thousand Eyes | 2:12 |
D4 | –Noah's Dark | Inward | 6:51 |