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Music Tuesday #255: Who's afraid of Waan?

Flemish music this week with a new alt-rock band hailing from Brussels.  Their debut album is inspired by Leonard Cohen, Neil Yong and Nick Cave.  In terms of setting expectations that's a ballsy move.  My expectations are not high nowadays.  There are too many songs I skip when looking for new music.  But this one stuck to me because this is not just a happy coincidence of sounds, but a real song.  With a beautiful melancholic soundtrack that underscores the uneasiness of the lyrics.  The song is about being afraid (bang in Dutch):

Anxious
I'm very scared
I've been around for a long time
Very scared
....

The picture for this post is from the clip which was made using AI.  As I look for AI created pictures for my posts I considered this a perfect fit.

Waan - Bang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsoitPInzvM



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