The Kevin Costners

Where can it be? That one song that will change it all? The song that The Kevin Costners are so feverishly looking for? Well, nobody knows. And that is a good thing. Because that will keep The Costners searching for great songs in the meantime. And that is what they like to do best. Well, of course playing a sold out Melkweg and winning the Grolsh Grote Prijs van Nederland (Holland’s leading band contest) is very nice too. But hey, you can’t play great gigs without great songs, can you? The Kevin Costners started out as a home recording project in 2004. Actually they didn’t record at home. Stijn, Sjors and Bouke put their gear in a van and drove to an abandoned railway house in the north of France. There they recorded their first songs and immediately they knew what the The Kevin Costners were about: solid indie pop with strong melodies and soulfull beats. To perform live they were joined by David (replaced by Bas in march 07) on keyboards and Rick on bass. After two rehearsals their first gig was at a local band contest in the famous Doornroosje. The Kevin Costners won the Roos van Nijmegen. Since then The Kevin Costners have earned a great live reputation playing all over Holland and Belgium (2 costners live in Antwerp). They really do not care much where they play as long as there are people that want to hear their songs. Playing a sold out Paradiso with the Veils or the Rotterdam Metropolis Festival is really great, but a late night gig in an obscure harbour bar in Antwerp certainly has its charm too. Their live performance is very enthusiastic. They clearly enjoy what they do. One journalist wrote: “These guys probably can’t do anything else, if they wanted to. What a passion! What a pleasure!” “Pleasure” was also the key word at the finale of the Grote Prijs. Certainly after their victory was announced. The jury said: “Brilliant songs. Hit material. This band should be signed right now!!!” Well, the Kevin Costners are working on that. The debut record will be released early in 2008 by Excelsior Recordings.