Exactly two years after ‘Ha Ha Heartbreak’, Warhaus, the solo project ofMaarten Devoldere, returns with a fourth studio album ‘Karaoke Moon’.Those who remember the heart-wrenching atmospheres of the previousalbum will be surprised by the opener of ‘Karaoke Moon’, the first single ‘Where The Names Are Real’.Devoldere had more than 50 songs on the shelf after two years of disciplinedmonk-like work. What did the producer say when he submitted those demos?‘You can do better’. With time, Devoldere has learnt that it pays off to trustthe right people, and by right people he means producer Jasper Maekelberg.The two musical soulmates spent nine months together in a close-knitcollaboration in an attic studio in Bruges. The result is the most excitingWarhaus album to date.In Karaoke Moon, Warhaus plays with our modern views on masculinity. Withsubtle humour, he smoothly sidesteps discomfort, poking fun at himself andhis kind with double-edged wit. Quite often, it seems like Devoldere isshadowboxing with his own thoughts, juggling the concoctions of hissubconscious. But dark soul-searching is not all of it. Evidence of this is thestunner ‘No Surprise’, initially a pumping disco track in the demo version, buttransformed by Jasper Maekelberg into a sultry nightclub tune. The contrastsin Karaoke Moon makes this album grow with each listen, seducing thelistener to delve deeper, layer after layer, line by line into Warhaus’ uniqueuniverse.
