Colin H. van Eeckhout (Amenra) has signed a new deal with Relapse Records for his CHVE project. His new album is expected to be released through the label later this year.
Colin H. van Eeckhout commented:
“I’m a very emotive person: I judge and work with feeling. I was trying to speak through the instrument, and finding how to squeeze emotion out of it. I think it’s interesting to see what you can get out of an instrument without learning to play it first, because then you work with it in a very honest, direct way.
Though I wasn’t planning on doing a solo album, I’ve been in bands since my teens, and there’s always that question mark if you’re in a band: what would your personal story be, and what would it sound like?”
He also added:
“With your main band, there are a lot of boxes and expectations to check. If you’re alone, you can do whatever you want. But in a way, the solo work takes more out of me. Suddenly when I’m on my own, everything falls on me. That’s very confrontational. I had a fear of failure as a kid, and that stays installed in you. But when it succeeds and you’re able to build something, it feeds your self-worth.”
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