DIRK.
/ Lip Service

DIRK.

Warm and nostalgic like Weezer. Edgy and intelligent like the Pixies. But also quirky, nerdy and sexy like only DIRK. can be.

TIMING
/ 7.30 pm: doors open
/ 8.15 pm - 8.45 pm: Lip Service
/ 9.15 pm - 10.30 pm: DIRK.

DIRK.

‘Since 2014, DIRK. has been walking a winding musical path strewn with praise and love. It took them just two years to bag the bronze medal at the 2016 edition of Humo’s Rock Rally. Another two years later their maiden album - simply called ‘album’ - was showered in praise by press and public alike and DIRK. also established a stellar live reputation.

The singles ArtlineStay Indoors and Hit charted in De Afrekening simultaneously – an absolute first in the thirty-year existence of ‘Flanders’ most beautiful list’. This unique performance earned DIRK. the title of ‘King of De Afrekening chart’. Radio 1 and leading Dutch radio stations Kink and Pinguin Radio also pushed DIRK. higher up the stairway to heaven.

On 20 November DIRK. reinforced their new-found status with their sophomore effort ‘Cracks in Common Sense’, an irresistible collection of earworms for their legion of hungry fans. Like their first long player, the new album is essential to the bone and contains several guaranteed hits. Warm and nostalgic like Weezer. Edgy and intelligent like the Pixies. But also quirky, nerdy and sexy like only DIRK. can be. It’s a record of which DIRK. themselves say: ‘Not to yank your chain but... you’d better brace for impact.’ Consider yourselves warned.

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Lip Service

Lip Service's quirky and energetic pop songs are seriously sick and it's infectious: crumbling grooves, sticky melodies and sour guitars.

Their two EPs were praised by Studio Brussel, Radio 1, Humo, Dansende Beren, Indiestyle and daMusic. On their latest, "Plot Twist", they deepened their sound with the help of producer Pascal Deweze and mobilized Deerhoof's Greg Saunier as a mixer. The result: more exciting and quirky than ever.

Time to capitalize on that growth, and how different than in the form of a debut album, in 2022!

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