Intergalactic Lovers is a Belgian indie rock band consisting of Lara Chedraoui, Brendan Corbey, Maarten Huygens and Raf De Mey.
History Intergalactic Lovers was founded in the summer of 2008. A couple of its members already participated in the Humos' Rock Rally 2008 under the name "Free Zamunda!" without success.Humo's Rock Rally 2008: de preselecties in Opwijk en Antwerpen, HUMO, 5 February 2008 Afterwards, the band was restructured and the current name adopted.
In 2009 Intergalactic Lovers won the Oost-Vlaams Rockconcours and Rock Rally De Beloften. Afterwards, their first successful single, "Fade Away", reached the playlists of radio channels Studio Brussel and Radio 1. Intergalactic Lovers then released "Delay", which was chosen as "Hotshot" by Studio Brussel. The song also made it to the number 1 spot in De Afrekening.
On 25 March 2011 they released their first album entitled "Greetings & Salutations", after releasing the title track of the album for download. The album was produced at the band's own expense and received a lot of positive coverage in HUMOIntergalactic Lovers – Greetings & Salutations HUMO, 24 March 2011 and De Standaard.'Wij zijn echt niet cool', De Standaard, 19 March 2011
On 10 December 2011 the band received a MIA (Music Industry Award) for 'Best Breakthrough Band''Milow en Selah Sue winnen meeste MIA's', Gazet Van Antwerpen, 10 December 2011
Their second album "Little Heavy Burdens" was released on 14 February 2014 by Warner Music in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and by German indie label Grand Hotel van Cleef in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. After the release of the album, the band started touring intensively, playing venues & music festivals in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Japan and Russia.
Their musical style has been compared to Feist, PJ Harvey and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.ZAGERS, G., 'Intergalactic Lovers', Focus Knack, 12 (2011), 22–23. In July 2013, it was announced that Intergalactic Lovers will provide the soundtrack for the film Code 37.
Members Lara Chedraoui (vocals) Brendan Corbey (drums) Maarten Huygens (guitar) Raf De Mey (bass guitar) Philipp Weies (guitar)
Discography Albums Greetings & Salutations (2011) Little Heavy Burdens (2014) Exhale (2017) Liquid Love (2022)
Singles Single(s) with hits in the Flemish Ultratop 50Date ofappearanceDate ofentranceIntergalactic Lovers in the Ultratop 50, ultratop.beHighestpositionNumberof weeksAlbumDelay7 February 201119 March 20111412Greetings & SalutationsShewolf9 May 201118 June 2011454Greetings & SalutationsHowl19 September 201122 October 2011tip23-Greetings & SalutationsFeel for you9 April 201221 April 2012tip30--Islands6 January 201411 January 2014441Little Heavy BurdensNorthern Rd.-10 May 2014tip7-Little Heavy BurdensNo Regrets-18 October 2014tip4-Little Heavy Burdens
References
External links Official website