dEUS: How to Replace It (Album Review)
The long-running Belgian rock outfit dEUS' first LP in 11 years is a mixed bag, but it shows that they haven't lost their experimental verve.
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The long-running Belgian rock outfit dEUS' first LP in 11 years is a mixed bag, but it shows that they haven't lost their experimental verve.
dEUS and all-round bon vivant, has excellent taste. This much is evident from the impressive spread laid out in their dressing room; Gauloises cigarettes, Spanish tempranillo, chilled Grey Goose, and a bottle of 16 year old Lagavulin, a whisky that connoisseurs note is an “intense, smoky-sweet single malt, with seaweed flavours and a huge, peppery finish.” I’ve been ushered backstage prior to the band’s soundcheck at Utrecht’s Tivoli Oudegracht, and they’ve yet to arrive. One by one they drift in from the early afternoon sunshine: violinist Klaas Janzoons heads straight for the r...