Description
Following on from the release of his last single ‘Yeah (I’m In)’, muchloved, up-and-coming singer-songwriter Noonzy returns with details of
his forthcoming debut album Plan Is Bad, set for release on the 2nd
October via Play It Again Sam. The announcement arrives alongside the
album’s latest offering, ‘Easy’.
On this new material, Noonzy’s style has evolved further into groovy
electronic productions as he collaborates alongside renowned British
producer Bullion (Ben Howard, Nilüfer Yanya), allowing his artistic
identity to become increasingly distinct. Noonzy brought a handful of
existing demos to London, which gradually evolved into unexpected
mixes and final versions. Blind trust in each other’s ideas and a leap into
the unknown gradually became the central theme: guitar songs were
recorded without a guitar, entire verses vanished like snow in the sun,
and tempos were constantly adjusted. Many of these choices were socalled lucky accidents, such as a drum machine that refused to accept
the correct time signature and thus offered a whole range of
alternatives. He is embarking on a new path, bidding farewell to his
former DIY, lo-fi indie approach and making room for experimentation
and a loss of control within a pop format. The result is his very first
studio album, Plan Is Bad.
Antwerp-based songwriter Noonzy (Arnaud Stockbroekx) began his
music career in 2022 with his EP Post-it-tapes, featuring laid-back
acoustic guitar tracks like idk, Spider Monkey, Awkward Feet and Let’s
See the World – which earned him a spot in the finals of De Nieuwe
Lichting a year later. Since then, he has released a number of singles,
which eventually made their way onto his 2025 EP Puppies ([PIAS]
Recordings)
