Big in Belgium

Only 15 years old, Jasper Erkens became second in Humo’s Rock Rally 2008 (the biggest rock concours in Belgium). The singer-songwriter ‘with a bunch of hair‘ impressed the jury with an acoustic cover of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy.

A little more than one year later, Jasper has released his debut album The Brightest Story. The Gnarls Barkley cover that got him so far got so much airplay in Belgium that most people started to think Jasper wouldn’t be able to live up to the expectations. But they were wrong, so wrong. The sky is the limit if you can come up with such a great album at age 16. Just imagine what this little guy from Diest with a guitar will be able to do in a few years…

Tracklisting:

1. Everybody is the same
2. Waiting like a dog
3. Crazy
4. The brighter story
5. Dear diary
6. Elliot
7. How could I know
8. Pageturner
9. Stay alive
10. When would you tell
11. Needed

The first single is Waiting Like A Dog and after a couple of weeks, Jasper already managed to take first place in Belgium’s popcharts:

Listen to Jasper Erkens on last.fm

And because we still like his Crazy-cover, here it is once again:

Waiting Like A Dog lyrics:

I’ve been waiting like a dog now
and i’ve been waiting to get back on my feet
I’ve been waiting like a dog now
waiting on the ground to get a tree

i’ve been wainting for hours
thinking back to times that call my name
I’ve been waiting like a dog now
despizing the one that i became

I’ve been waiting like a dog now
weeks will turn into months and months turn into years
every colour is the same now
there’s no black no white there’s only grey

i’ve been waiting for hours
still there’s nothing changed
I’ve been waiting like a dog now
gazing at the backdoor once again

and i don’t want to wait untill i die
and i know i know i know i know
i know i know i know i know
it takes time
don’t leave me behind
and i’ve been to places and seen many faces
but nothing that could ease my mind
don’t leave me behind

I’ve been waiting like a dog now
I’ve been waiting like a dog now
I’ve been waiting like a dog now
I’ve been waiting like a dog now

and i know i know i know i know
i know i know i know i know
it takes time
don’t leave me behind
and i’ve been to places and seen many faces
but nothing that could ease my mind
don’t leave me behind

don’t leave me behind
but ease my mind
don’t leave me behind
but ease my mind
don’t leave me behind
but ease my mind

I’ve been waiting like a dog now