Weval

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Słuchając Weval po raz pierwszy trudno uwierzyć, że ich muzyka pochodzi od dwójki młodych artystów z Amsterdamu, a nie od muzycznych weteranów. Dzięki swojemu znakomitemu songwritingowi i  niezwykle chwytliwym aranżacjom Harm Coolen i Merijn Scholte Albers zdobyli uznanie fanów na całym świecie.

Weval zadebiutowali w 2013 roku imponującą EPką „Half Age”, którą utarli sobie drogę do znakomitej wytwórni KOMPAKT, w której w 2014 wydali kolejne EP „Easier”. Rok 2016 przyniósł długo wyczekiwane LP zatytułowane po prostu „Weval”. Emocjonalny album doprawiony wątkiem narracyjnym zyskał uznanie na całym świecie i pojawił się w niezliczonej liczbie podsumowań roku jako jedna z najlepszych płyt w swoim gatunku. Trzy lata po wydaniu debiutu, duet wydał drugą płytę – „The Weight”. Album jest naturalną ewolucją twórczości Weval, a jak prezentuje się na żywo będzie można przekonać się już niebawem.

Zespół znany jest ze znakomitych, intymnych występów na żywo. Duet występował na najważniejszych festiwalach na świecie, a już niedługo zagra po raz pierwszy w Polsce. Weval wystąpi 5. września w warszawskich Hybrydach. Bilety dostępne będą na fource.pl, GoOut.pl, Eventim.pl, Ticketmaster.pl, Biletomat.pl, Going.pl oraz we wszystkich Empikach. 

[:en]Hearing Weval’s music for the very first time, you might wonder from which lost vault of an accomplished veteran musician that these sounds have been pulled out from. It just so happens to come from the young Amsterdam based duo named Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers. Their incredibly catchy arrangements have won over a global fan base thanks to their immediately identifiable songwriting.

Since their debut in 2013 with the impressive ‘Half Age’ EP on Atomnation, Weval have found a welcoming home with the KOMPAKT family, where the duo nourished their very own brand of crossover rapture on the glistening ‘Easier’ EP in 2014, followed by the bold and beautiful ‘It’ll Be Just Fine / Grow Up’ in 2015, which saw the two sound smiths digging deeper into the granularities of their electronic funk more than ever before.

2016 was the year of confirmation for Harm and Merijn as they delivered their self-titled debut full-length ‘Weval’ – not a mere collection of interchangeable tracks, but an organically flowing record with emotional heft and a narrative thread bound to expand through their coming releases. The album made countless end of year lists and was proclaimed by Pitchfork as “the rare electronic record that is so strong and obviously appealing that it can’t help but end up in the hands of casual listeners”. The year after, the album was complemented by a special three-track remix EP featuring interpretations from Margot, Red Axes and Kasper Bjørke.

Three years on since its predecessor’s release, Weval are set to land their second full-length attempt. Soberly titled ‘The Weight’ – this shows them evolving their sonic palate and found a means for the duo to put the highs and lows of a lifetime into musical perspective. Their strength lies in seeing them perform live as their music takes on a new dimension as they evolved into a 5 piece band. Having already toured across North America and Europe including performing live at mainstay festivals such as Sonar, DGTL, Lightning In A Bottle, Gottwood, Pukkelpop and Lowlands, 2019 shall bring Weval to even more festival stages and on a global headline tour as a band. “The real fun is in listening closely to, and marvelling at, Weval’s craftsmanship. No two measures are exactly the same, the melodies draw memorable shapes, and the rhythms approach and recede in the ear—all part of a very successful effort to engage the listener’s brain and level out their mood.” – The Atlantic

“Coolen and Albers’s sense of pacing is impeccable, seemingly knowing exactly how long to tease each part for maximum effect before moving on to the next. It is perfectly sequenced, mysterious and moody. For a debut album, the fully-formed nature of their songwriting, sublime pacing and monolithically tasteful atmosphere is remarkable.” – Pitchfork[:]