Yours And Yours Alone (LP)

Yours and Yours Alone is Hairbaby's debut album. Unlike the EP ‘Let's See Where What If Gets Us’ (2022), which was largely recorded at home, Otto-Jan Ham wanted to make full use of his excellent band this time. They are great musicians as well as being all fun, witty and social people. Where do you find this unique combination these days? Not with Oasis at least, don't be fooled. Together with producer Bert Vliegen (Whispering Sons, Teen Creeps, Sophia) the band recorded a lot of songs in early 2024, 10 of which eventually ended up on Yours And Yours Alone. 10 is a perfect number. The best records are not coincidentally records with 10 songs; Heroes by Bowie, The Blue Album by Weezer, Aladin Sane by Bowie ... er ... Lodger by Bowie. Now we think about it; mainly albums by David Bowie actually. Scary Monsters by Bowie, too. Anyway. Yours and Yours Alone is a joyfully melancholic piece of work. A labour of love, as they say. An ode to the music of Brian Wilson, Belle and Sebastian, The Kinks and probably Bowie too. A record for and about less perfect people like you and me. A record that has heart and soul and where every band member (both loose and permanent) gets a place in the spotlight. Besides Otto-Jan Ham, Hairbaby is also and above all Matthieu Vanherpe (backing vocals, keys, hammered dulcimer), Wim Berchmans (bass), Matthias Bastiaens (guitar), Thomas Deckx (drums, percussion) and Lara Chedraoui (Lara).