Donder

Since the release of their debut album Still (2016), Donder has consistently alternated between a trio album and a collaboration with a guest musician. After the most recent quartet album, Het Verdriet featuring Sigbjørn Apeland, the band returns to the core of their ensemble playing. De Wonderen is an ode to the art of the song. Songwriters have always been an inspiration for the band: the music on Keukenpraat (2018) was largely inspired by the songs of Elliot Smith, Molly Drake and Building Instrument, and Het Verdriet (2020) started from Flemish folk songs. On their upcoming album, the song is at the center once again: in addition to covers of Geneviève Artadi and John Lennon, they present compositions built from triads and innocent melodies, and even a song with Norwegian lyrics. Due to the familiar sporadic bursts of sound, rough textures and imperfections, however, De Wonderen never lapses into predictability. The fifth album of Donder will be released later in 2024.