We start our playlist with one classic: Lio delivers the sweet and powerful “Amoureux Solitaires” out in the 80s. The travel continues in Wallonia with Liège-based trio La Plage with their track “Rendez Vous” followed by one of our favorite bands from Tournai Wuman with “Julia” taken from their debut EP “Portraits”. Get to know band based in Brussels Chackie Jam who just release their debut track “Hachi” combining strong pop with indie vibes.

Talking about pop, let’s dance with Faon Faon and their track “Eskimo”! With their infectious chorus, how could anyone stand still? To calm things down, let’s listen to Antwerp-based artist Wardrobe who recently released his track “Nowhere Now” taken from his album “Crawling”. But, the calm won’t stay long thanks to Soldout with their track “Forever” and Robbing Millions with their track “In The No Air”.

We were betting last year on Insecte in our list of artists under our radar for 2017 and you can listen to their track “Holy Crack!” followed by The Double Veterans and their track “Cocktail”. Taking a step on the electro pop genre with Brussels-based band WOOLY MAMMOTHS and their brand new track “Water Slide”. Our beloved French Brussels-based duo Rive released their debut EP a few weeks ago and you can listen to “Nuit” in the playlist.

Warhaus will then enchant you with their dark take on pop in their track “The Good Lie” followed by one of our last Thunderclaps called SHE Major with her track “Please Don’t“. Then let’s take a jump into the R&B/hip hop genres with Antwerp-based artist Tsar B with her track “Escalate” and Brussels-based rapper Roméo Elvis with his track “Drôle De Décision”.

J. Bernardt is the nom de plume of Jinte Diprez of Belgian band Balthazar and is ready to release his debut album. You can listen to his new song “Wicked Streets” followed by the instrumental electronic project Glass Museum and their track “Kill The Sequence”. It introduces next, the electronic experimentations by Monolithe Noir in “Profondeville”, followed, to end our Belgian journey, by the calm “Nightowl Magee” by Samuelspaniel.

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The duo, comprised of Fanny Van Hammée (keyboard) and Olympia Boule (drums), debut a 6-track EP that can actually be divided into 2 parts. In fact, the last two tracks of this project were shared ahead of the EP’s release. This division makes it really easy to see how the band has matured and grown in their sound and musicality. You can applaud the progress and the maturity that they have gained, however, it also causes an unbalanced listening experience, because the oldest songs can’t compete with the newer ones.

Faon Faon‘s eponymous debut EP is a fresh and modern product that is totally relevant onto the pop music scene!

“FSLD (Faon Sous La Douche)” characterizes the spirit of their eclectic pop music but the execution doesn’t really work. The production is pretty weak, especially on the vocals processing, and the rap verse sounds oldish, reminiscent of something from forgettable 80s bands. The same remarks could be said about the synthy zouk-inspired track “Mariage”. Nonetheless, their mischievous lyrics, which attacks the institution of marriage with a light and funny touch, save the track. The duo catches us with spicy punchlines such as “Marriage is like latin, it’s beautiful but yet useless” and delivers a feminist pop anthem that disses this archaic institution.

Weaknesses apart, “Faon Faon EP” is a fresh and modern product that is totally relevant onto the pop music scene. On “Eskimo”, the band ironically sing about parallels between a first world problem and a luxury one. They compare the dental pain caused by an ice cube and the ecological threat that could endanger the whole Eskimo population. The opening track “Utopie” is a composition based on the fact that one can feel that the grass is always greener elsewhere, stirring our frustrated and superficial minds that always forget that happiness is nowhere else than here and now. The sweet and tangy style easily draws comparisons with Lio, a successful Belgian pop singer, and her famous lyricist Jacques Duvall, with a revamped and contemporary style and also, to some extent, to another twisted feminine duo: Let’s Eat Grandma.

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With their eponymous debut EP, Faon Faon seduce with ease and, thanks to its catchiness, bring to our minds messages that are actually less childish than what they first sound like. Despite some failures that are obviously due to their young age as a band, the duo rushes onto the tracks from the pop music circuit and their debut impulse gives them good chances of going further than the finish line!