AND/OR

Black and white or color? Funny or serious? It is not OR, it is AND. His father Willem once gave him the best advice ever: "It is not OR, it is AND." Augustijn Vermandere took that wisdom to heart and grafted his fifth album onto it. EN/OF contains fourteen songs, divided over two sides. On the AND-side: humor, winks, and playfulness. On the OR-side: the more serious songs. But as always with Augustijn, they flow into each other … he brings narrative gems taken from life, full of (self-)relativization, between pop and cabaret. His previous album got the maximum from Humo. Single Relatief reached the playlist of Radio 1. Son of a legend, yes indeed, but Augustijn has long had his own voice. In West Flemish, he sings about what moves him, you, and us. Disarming, poignant, and with full appetite. Augustijn closes his eyes and opens his heart. - in De Standaard