Still Willing: Vinyl LP
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Label: Bella Union
Release Date: 2nd August
Willem Smit is a one man Dutch Pavement, the Amsterdam indie pop scene in a single vessel (at least in the studio with assistance from his buddy Casper van der Lans), his music has thrum and buzz that makes DIY indie so exciting but with the hooks that keep you in, a sense of melody that swirls in your brain and one liners you play out and pull apart.
If you like pop music to keep you on your toes, Amsterdam's Personal Trainer provide that service fulsomely on their second album
Essentially the project of Willem Smit (working with co- producer/ collaborator Casper van der Lans) on record and a band live, Personal Trainer showed a facility for DIY indie-pop exuberance and experiment in sync with 2022's debut, Big Love Blanket. Now signed to Bella Union, Willem returns re-energised with Still Willing, a multi-faceted album of shining contrasts and spry melodies, bursting arrangements and subliminal sounds, playful lyrics and self-reflection: in short, a pop album executed with dynamism, vim and charm.