Loverman is the solo project of Belgian artist James de Graef, formerly a member of the eccentric rock band, "Shht".
For this new project, the Brussels-based songwriter and composer with a deep voice reveals himself in a minimalist formula, where the guitar accompanies his twilight poetry. Following in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, Loverman navigates in a chiaroscuro universe and delivers haunting songs, touching upon an ideal of timelessness.
Hello, this is Loverman, here to tell you a long story short.
It begins with a sequence of the inevitable followed by more of the inevitable (if you know, you know) which set in motion a journey for something true. A journey starting at the place where all truth finds its bearings, the blessed and bloody capacity for love in each-and-every human being.
Throughout this journey, haunted by my love and hate for the hardcore continuum (Burial), for my homeland (Belgian Brit/British Belgian), modern day troubadours (Brel/Walker/Cohen), and the abstractions uniting all of the
above (The Singing Detective), I wrote love songs on an old guitar. They tell you a new story you’ve all heard before but still need to hear. Stripped down to their bare necessities, these love songs recollect and reload. Written and recorded on a rooftop somewhere in Belgium.
