With SONG(E)S, ENGLBRT return with a new EP that moves between atmospheric soundscapes and intimate songwriting. Drawing from jazz, folk, indie-pop and electronic music, the Luxembourg-based duo create songs that feel both detailed and open, balancing cinematic arrangements with close-up reflections on everyday life. The EP unfolds as a sonic journey through the macro- and microscopic layers of life, with personal moments, memories, relationships and wider observations tangled together.
The title SONG(E)S plays with both the English word “songs” and the French songes (“dreams”). On one side, the EP works like a sonic diary, capturing traces of everyday life and lived experience. On the other hand, the title points toward something more abstract and imaginary: the invisible ties linking people, places, and memories within a larger whole. Across the EP, ENGLBRT explore themes of disconnection, belonging, and the search for shared meaning in an increasingly individualistic environment.
Most of the EP was written during an initial residency in a small country house in the Belgian Ardennes, where the first ideas for the songs began to take shape. The material was later developed during residencies in Wiltz and at Abbey Neimënster in Luxembourg before being recorded with producer Charles Stoltz.
The EP opens with Harbour, a track that begins slowly and expansively, carried by the falsetto vocals of singer Georges Goerens before unfolding into a groovier indie-pop anthem driven by the energetic drumming of multi-instrumentalist Niels Engel. The song also features Luxembourg trumpeter Ben Bley, whose contribution adds another dreamy layer to the track.
The opening track is followed by the two singles: Godspeed, which brings a darker, new wave-inspired energy driven by propulsive drums and tension, and Harvest, which takes a more restrained and introspective direction, unfolding through hypnotic rhythms and intimate vocals. The second half of the EP moves into stranger and more groove-heavy territory with This Room, while Stakes approaches ideas of home and familiarity through a warm yet uneasy pop song. Closing track Minefield explores the instability of love and separation, framing a breakup as emotional terrain that is difficult to navigate.
With SONG(E)S, ENGLBRT continue developing the sound first introduced on their 2023 debut EP Odes to Everything, released on the Berlin-based label Listenrecords — combining organic instrumentation, electronics, and carefully layered production into songs that feel both personal and exploratory.
