Whispering Sons

Name: Whispering Sons
Start: 2025-02-20T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-20T22:45:00+01:00
Location: De Vooruit

VIERNULVIER, Democrazy & Live Nation

Thu 20.02

20:30 - 22:45

De Vooruit, Gent

Concertzaal

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Belgian five-piece Whispering Sons brings a dark and unique blend of experimental and frenetic post-punk. The propulsive instrumentation combined with Fenne Kuppens’ deep vocal delivery amounts to a constant sense of unease that’s been inherent in their music since the beginnings. With their energetic and captivating performance, the band has firmly cemented themselves as a must-see live act.

Over the last years, the band has been slowly but surely redrawing their own boundaries and going beyond them. Where their debut album ‘Image’ (2018) was theatrical and widescreen, their following record ‘Several Others’ (2021) focused more on their greatest strength: sheer, unpretentious intensity. After the release of ‘Several Others’ the band started working on a new album over a period of two years. This third full-length album titled ‘The Great Calm’ might surprise long-standing Whispering Sons followers. It’s less dark than ‘Several Others’ and less grand than ‘Image’. Yet that typical Whispering Sons identity is still inherent in every song, as the band never strays far from their raw energy and emotion. This new album might be more uplifting and playful, but that ominous undertone is still lurking.

“The record is more hopeful, there’s more beauty in it. Our last album was very dark and always very destructive. I guess this one is still a bit destructive, but there's hope in that destruction.”
- Fenne Kuppens, Whispering Sons

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After the dark power of Image and the minimal Several Others, "The Great Calm" represents a new mindset and artistic growth. The new songs still sound familiar, though things have changed at the band: For starters, Whispering Sons are a five-piece again. Original drummer Sander Pelsmaekers had to stop making music after a nerve injury - he took on the role of tour manager in the interim - but is now able to return on synths. For his part, bassist Tuur Vandeborne has moved on to the drum chair, while Bert Vliegen - the band's regular engineer - now takes up the bass. Guitarist and songwriter Kobe Lijnen and singer and lyricist Fenne Kuppens retain their roles, but they too continued to hone their mastery for "The Great Calm.