Big in Belgium

Customs, a young Belgian band, just released its debut single called Rex. For the full album, we have to wait until October.

But who is Customs? They give you a quite accurate description on their MySpace profile (where you can also enjoy Rex):

If Duran Duran’s Girls on film were actually guys, they would be called Customs (°2008). If The House of Love would speed up a notch or two, they would call themselves Customs. Imagine The Human League with intrusive guitars instead of synths:  Customs. Customs guarantees pop songs bathing in melody, atmosphere and rhythmic edge, dressed in trench coats of mystery. Uninvited guests settling in a room that was not even vacant. Customs uses a voice, a pair of electric guitars, a bass guitar, a modest drum kit and an occasional keyboard.

Ace Mirko Zec, Jelle Florentinus Mark Janse, Kristof Marie August Albert Uittebroek and Joan Willy August Govaerts are now residing in the studio to record their debut album. Rex already got quite some airplay in Belgium on StuBru and Radio1 and Customs is working really hard to finish the music video. So no video yet? Not really, Customs put some video’s on YouTube about their studio adventures:

Customs in the Studio, part 1:

Customs in the Studio, part 2:

Customs in the Studio, part 3:

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