Biography
PAST/PRESENT/NOW
After more than two years of constant performing on music stages across our pleasant Kingdom of Belgium, 14weeks self produced an EP with eight songs in 2008. The artistic director in charge of that project was Gaëtan Streel (Piano Club, Me & My Machines, Jeronimo).
In late 2009, things started really picking up: after a summer full of gigs at music festivals such as Francofolies in Spa, Musik Marathon in Eupen and Fiesta City in Verviers, the band began working on new music and released its second EP in February 2010
In 2011, an encounter with Anorak Supersport, an independent label (and proud of it!) sped up the process even more…
Their first video accompanying the song “What Else” was posted as an example on YouTube and generated more than 12,000 views in just a few weeks. A promising start…
Their debut album “Past/Present/Now” has just been released! A mature pop album which contains older tracks previously performed live and five new songs, among which are the potential hits “Start/Stop Telling”, and “The Bus”, for which they invited Jon Gray, the well-known British producer with an impressive CV (Editors, Radio 4, Futureheads, Ian Broudie, Texas, Infadels, Devendra Banhart, The Coral, The Zutons, Roisin Murphy, The Music, New Order, Underworld…).
On this album the catchy synth sounds of Peter Baumgarten surround the instruments of Arnaud Snakkers (guitar), Pierre Mertens (bass) and Didier Gutkin (drums) with the warm and moving voice of Grégory Herzet. This album from 14weeks explodes live on stage thanks to their angular rock, plus sweeping melodic vocals, then all shaken with the electronic waves of the synthesizer.
14weeks, a band to truly be discovered. One of the best kept secrets of Eastern Belgium…