{"title":"Warhaus","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"we-fucked-a-flame-into-being","title":"We Fucked a Flame Into Being","description":"\u003cp\u003eWarhaus is the artistic alter ego and solo recording project of Maarten Devoldere - who (along with Jinte Deprez) fronts the urbanely soulful Belgian rock band Balthazar. The title of Warhaus' new album, 'We Fucked A Flame Into Being' (a direct quote from Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence), was \"too good to pass on!\" declares Devoldere. It is indeed a fitting title for an album where every song celebrates the inscrutability of encounters and pays tribute to the decadence and intensity that life can offer. Although Maarten Devoldere has up until now kept his Warhaus persona well under the radar, the rare glimpses offered up to this point have conjured up a darkly esoteric lyrical universe, fueled by desire and love, haunted by a hunger for the fleeting, yearning to express the unsayable; 'We Fucked A Flame Into Being' probes such depths savagely. LP - Black Vinyl. 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Recorded at home in Belgium, among the many stand-out tracks Warhaus offers are a softly lit, marimba-laden woozy meditation on adultery \u003ci\u003eLove’s A Stranger; Control\u003c\/i\u003e, Maarten’s story about “the beauty of man surrendering to a woman” set against a dark backdrop of voluptuous strings; and “Everybody” a dirt bag confessional ballad complete with a sing-along chorus: “When their girls are gone, men start watching porn, drink too much and piss in the sink. It’s about that,” wryly explains Devoldere. The silky \u003ci\u003eNo Such High\u003c\/i\u003e ditches worldly cynicism for an ode to how love can overpower and transcend all temptation. “It’s the first time I’ve embraced those feelings and written a love song without a bittersweet aftertaste,” asserts Maarten. As in all the songs, the interplay between Devoldere’s smoldering vocals and the velvety tones of Warhaus’ backing vocalist, Sylvie Kreusch (who is also his girlfriend) lends the music an intense intimacy and their contrasting personalities feed into the sensual dynamic. “We’ve very different people,” says Devoldere. “She’s this natural force which I don’t understand at all and I’m the guy who thinks everything through. It’s an interesting combination.” A far more spontaneous affair than Warhaus’ debut release, Maarten gathered his touring band around him to make the new recording. The voodoo rhythms of Dr. John The Night Tripper’s seminal 1968 \u003ci\u003eGris-Gris\u003c\/i\u003e weave throughout the album, after Devoldere became obsessed with the New Orleans legend’s singular sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - Digipack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 180 Gram Vinyl with Download.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50495928697163,"sku":"1017113","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/947be264-3ab8-4430-9cf0-e1d220821ed2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727715791"},{"product_id":"ha-ha-heartbreak","title":"Ha Ha Heartbreak","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has been half a decade since Warhaus, the brainchild of Maarten Devoldere (Balthazar), suddenly conquered our musical hearts with the triumphant double victory of \u003ci\u003eWe Fucked a Flame into Being\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eWarhaus\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). The songs of the brand- new album \u003ci\u003eHa Ha Heartbreak \u003c\/i\u003ecame gushing out if him in a mere three weeks in the sultry city of Palermo. All Devoldere needed was the solitude of a hotel room, a guitar, a microphone, and a heart that had recently been broken in thousands of pieces. The sorrow was hard to handle, so, of course, Sicily was an escape. But as it goes, those who try to outrun life quickly run into themselves. Song after song, Maarten Devoldere dismantles his own pose. He looks at himself without mercy and, honestly, what he sees doesn’t exactly make him happy. The sound, however, remains wonderfully light. It swings and glows with tantalizing strings, sensual backing vocals, horns, playful piano parts, anything to lighten the load. It allows Ha Ha Heartbreak to be a moving emotional exploration as well as a vessel of great musical richness. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50504289714507,"sku":"1167520","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50504290337099,"sku":"1167521","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e9f7e623-f6d7-460a-85d6-96cd6433fbab_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727802969"},{"product_id":"karaoke-moon","title":"Karaoke Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eExactly two years after\u003ci\u003e Ha Ha Heartbreak\u003c\/i\u003e, Warhaus, the solo project of Maarten Devoldere, returns with a fourth studio album \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. Those who remember the heart-wrenching atmospheres of the previous album will be surprises by the opener of \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, the first single ‘ Where The Names Are Real’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevoldere had more than 50 songs on the shelf after two years of disciplined monk-like work. What did the producer say when he submitted those demos? ‘You can do better’. With time, Devoldere has learnt that it pays off to trust the right people, and by right people he means producer Jasper Maekelberg. The two musical soulmates spent nine months together in a close-knit collaboration in an attic studio in Bruges. The result is the most exciting Warhaus album to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, Warhaus plays with our modern views on masculinity. With subtle humour, he smoothly sidesteps discomfort, poking fun at himself and his kind with double-edged wit. Quite often, it seems like Devoldere is shadowboxing with his own thoughts, juggling the concoctions of his subconscious. But dark soul-searching is not all of it. Evidence of this is the stunner ‘No Surprise’, initially a pumping disco track in the demo version, but transformed by Jasper Maekelberg into a sultry nightclub tune. The contrasts in \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Moon\u003c\/i\u003e makes this album grow with each listen, seducing the listener to delve deeper, layer after layer, line by line into Warhaus’ unique universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50532224860491,"sku":"2220994","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50532224532811,"sku":"2220989","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Warhaus_Karaoke_Moon_3000px_1_4c66fd38_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728116962"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/warhaus.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}