Our debut EP CMON CMON is out now!
CMON CMON didn’t intend to make new music, never mind release it. They won’t appear in their own videos and shy away from being part of a scene.
Why? Because the Belgian trio has been here before, two decades ago as college students. Reformed for fun rather than fame, with a new name and different aims, but as much love of harmony-soaked, melodic rock as ever, their plan to put the music first is already paying dividends.
Joyous, jangly lead single The Summers We Missed, with its sumptuous harmonies and debt to early Lemonheads and, captures both the laid-back spirit of CMON CMON and their tales of life experience as opposed to first love.
It was Jorrit who contacted his fellow band members – bassist Steven Omblets and drummer Michel Becx - in 2019 after a decade apart. Now in their 40s, but still living near each other in northeast Belgium, they had lost touch while establishing diverse careers – Jorrit in advertising, Steven as a sociology lecturer and Michel as an estate agent.
“I’d started writing songs again and remembered how much fun it was when the three of us used to craft them together,” says Jorrit. “But it wasn’t the same,” adds Steven. “It was easier, smoother, quicker. There were no egos involved – not that there were many the first time round. With no pressure on our expectations, it was all about the songs, which suits us nicely now.”
