How to Replace It

How to Replace It
Studio album by
Released17 February 2023 (2023-02-17)
Studio
Length55:49
LabelPlay It Again Sam
Producer
  • Adam Noble
DEUS chronology
Following Sea
(2012)
How to Replace It
(2023)

How to Replace It is the eighth studio album by Belgian rock band dEUS.[1][2] It was released on 17 February 2023 through PIAS Recordings.[3][4] The album marked the band's first studio release in more than a decade, following Following Sea (2012).[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tom Barman; all music is composed by dEUS[6]

No.TitleLength
1."How to Replace It"5:30
2."Must Have Been New"3:46
3."Man of the House"5:12
4."1989 (featuring Lies Lorquet)"5:05
5."Faux Bamboo"4:27
6."Dream Is a Giver"4:35
7."Pirates"4:42
8."Simple Pleasures"3:32
9."Never Get You High"3:36
10."Why Think It Over (Cadillac)"5:07
11."Love Breaks Down"3:42
12."Le Blues Polaire"6:36

Personnel

dEUS[7]

  • Tom Barman – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synth
  • Klaas Janzoons – violin, piano, synth, organ, clavichord, backing vocals
  • Bruno De Groote – guitar, banjo
  • Alan Gevaert – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Stéphane Misseghers – drums, percussion, timpani, vocals, backing vocals

Additional personel

  • Joris Caluwaerts – keyboards
  • Destiny Adia Andrews, Kersha Bailey, Naomi Leanne Parchment – choir
  • Steven De Bruyn – blues harp
  • C.J. Bolland – synth
  • Sebastiaan Van Den Branden – drums, percussion
  • Sjoerd Bruil – guitar
  • Gwen Cresens – bandoneon
  • Sylvie Kreusch – backing vocals
  • Mauro Pawlowski – guitar, strings, backing vocals
  • Lies Lorquet – backing vocals

References

  1. ^ "How To Replace It' is dEUS' eighth studio album and first in ten years; distinctive and inventive, melodic yet defiantly off-kilter. Unique. And above all, unmistakably dEUS". pias.com. 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ Goossens, Ivo (17 February 2023). "dEUS – How To Replace It (★★★★): Helemaal nog niet aan vervanging toe". dansendeberen.be (in Dutch).
  3. ^ "dEUS | How to Replace It". writteninmusic.com. 15 February 2023.
  4. ^ Topley, Geoff (February 14, 2023). "(((O))) Review: dEUS – How To Replace It". echoesanddust.com.
  5. ^ Walsh, Roxanne. "How to Replace It". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ^ "dEUS – How To Replace It". discogs.com. 1 December 2023.
  7. ^ "dEUS – How To Replace It". discogs.com/release. 17 May 2024.