Mooneye is the band of Belgian’s Michiel Libberecht. Often compared to Fleet Foxes and Neil Young, they’re masters in blending folk, rock and indie-pop. Their upcoming debut album however, shows a slight change of direction, letting the singer-songwriter in Libberecht take centre stage even more.

Their new single Bright Lights is a collaboration of two ‘award winning’ artists. Mooneye themselves won Studio Brussel’s talent show De Nieuwe Lichting early 2019. Fellow Belgian singer Meskerem Mees won magazine Humo’s Rock Rally competition. The track came about during a backstage jam session. This resulted in a well-crafted song with a beautiful melody, and voices that blend wonderfully.

Bright Lights is a great start of this new chapter in Mooneye’s career. Alas, we’ll have to wait another year for their album to come out…

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Werner Schlosser

Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.